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The Onion 
30 posts and columns on The Onion
The Onion, Yahoo-Hulu and Android on Windows — 10 Things You Need to See on AllThingsD This Week
A convenient roundup of the Top 10 stories that powered AllThingsD this week.
Why The Onion Is Awesome for Publishing Details of Its Twitter Hack
Details of hacking attacks are too often kept secret.
Syrian Hackers Turn Tables, Hack The Onion’s Twitter Account
A little later, The Onion bites back, with predictable results.
Sadly, This Is Not The Onion
It’s not funny, cause it’s true.
– The tagline for Onion spoof site The On1on, which provides headlines and links to real news stories, including a USA Today story entitled “‘The Onion’ issues apology for tasteless Twitter remark”
“Sponsor Content” Doesn’t Fool Anyone Except Advertisers
One big difference between the Atlantic’s Scientology ad and every other advertorial — we actually paid attention to it.
Amazon Looks for Its “Seinfeld,” and Asks for Your Help
Here are Jeff Bezos’s first six attempts to create a sitcom. He’s getting help from The Onion, “The Daily Show” veterans, Doonesbury’s creator, and you, the Web video viewer.
Iran News Agency Apologizes for Taking The Onion Seriously
Fars had reposted a piece from the satire site suggesting there was a poll that showed Iran’s presdident outpacing Barack Obama in popularity among rural Whites.
Introducing the BasmatiPhone
“Whether it’s instant rice, country-style rice, boil-in-a-bag rice, or smartphones, Uncle Ben’s has always been committed to innovation.”
– The Onion, in an article parodying the crowded smartphone market
Viral With a Purpose? Upworthy Finds Serious Web Content Worth Sharing.
Upworthy launched today, a viral aggregator that promises to find interesting and shareable content on important topics. That is, topics more important than your average cat video or nip-slip slideshow.
Witnesses Reporting Backfire Heard From @theonion
Humor online is a tricky thing, as any misunderstood internet commenter can tell you. Part of what makes comedy work are subtle cues and indicators of “play,” that we’re in on this humor thing together. When the medium for that exchange is something as minimal as Twitter (you’ve got 140 characters, and that’s all), strip those subtle cues out and — well, stuff like this happens.
Boing Boing partner Xeni Jardin, discussing an “oddly presented” and largely misunderstood tweet from @theonion yesterday morning reporting that screams and gunfire had been heard inside the Capitol building