One of my favorite 'news' sights The Onion, is always good for a laugh. Of course they make fun of everything, which means that there is nothing that is sacred or out of bounds. But in reality all 'news' has to be read with a grain of salt. CNN and Fox have very different backgrounds, one Conservative the other liberal. That difference means a difference in what information gets talked about and how it is portrayed. The nice thing about The Onion is that you know that you can't really trust anything you read to be very truthful, still the tongue in cheek has the ability to shed a little truth on matters while laughing away at them.
The short write up from The Onion that made me smile today...
NEW ORLEANS—Critics were silenced today after President Barack Obama's fifth visit to the Gulf Coast vastly improved the devastated region. While at the site of the worst oil spill in U.S. history, the president walked on a beach, looked at oil-soaked terns, and displayed the right amount of anger toward BP executives, all of which, sources said, should pretty much clear up the massive environmental disaster in a matter of days. "I really didn't think the president did enough in his first four visits," Louisiana fisherman Kevin Latrobe said. "Everyone knows you have to visit five times to make a difference. And sure enough, look! The pelicans already seem a little cleaner!" Some opponents still blasted the president for his trip, saying that they wanted something more substantial than political grandstanding, like a sixth or a ninth visit to the region.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/obamas-fifth-gulf-coast-visit-really-helps-a-lot,17748/
No comments:
Post a Comment