Beltway Media Slain By Satire

Washington, D. C. , was the scene of a devastating satirical attack this morning, as a tweet from The Onion Loading... , the well-known fake-news site, intersected with the most humorless residents of the most self-absorbed city in the world, touching off a tsunami of ultra-seriousness. Read more

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Washington, D. C. , was the scene of a devastating satirical attack this morning, as a tweet from The Onion, the well-known fake-news site, intersected with the most humorless residents of the most self-absorbed city in the world, touching off a tsunami of ultra-seriousness. Now, the Beltway media are left to grapple with the essential question: How could this happen here?.

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