Does The Onion need to stamp "this is a satire" on stories? (No Comment).After reading a story in The Onion, and not realizing the paper's satirical nature, detective Dan Nichols of the Branch County, Michigan Branch County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the population was 45,787. The county seat is Coldwater6. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,345 km² (519 mi²). , sheriff's department sent out a press release warning that Al Qaeda operatives were using telemarketing schemes to defraud elderly people. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Battle Creek Enquirer En`quir´er n. 1. See Inquirer. Noun 1. enquirer - someone who asks a question asker, inquirer, querier, questioner , at least one radio station broadcast the news. Earlier this year, the Beijing Evening News The Beijing Evening News is a Chinese language newspaper in the People's Republic of China from Beijing. It featured the best-selling novel Beijinger in New York by Glen Cao as a television series in 1991. In 2002, it was found to have lifted a fake article about the U.S. picked up an Onion article on how Congress was threatening to relocate to Memphis or Charlotte if a new Capital wasn't built. |
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