Funny because it's true : how The Onion created modern American news satire
(2025)
By:
Wenc, Christine
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
NEW 051/WENC,C
0 Holds on 1 Copy
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Philadelphia : Running Press, 2025
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xv, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780762484430, 0762484438 :, 0762484438, 9780762484430
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Discover the real truth behind the original fake news with this in-depth history of beloved humor publication, The Onion. The paper was founded as a weekly newspaper by a group of undergraduates and dropouts of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The publication rose to prominence as one of the first online humor sites and has influenced many humor and satire news programs