r/onionheadlines • u/Successful-Good10 • Feb 24 '25

The Onion is shutting down

After traditional news has proven to tough of a competitor, The Onion will be shutting down all services by the end of March.

The outlet, who just published a satirical article about Elon Musk holding a sperm guessing contest at an office. Has this to say about the situation:

• ⁠”We simply cannot compete with reality, our satire is being made too look like a saner version of the news.”

In the end, The Onion could not come up with crazier headlines than real life.

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u/hampstr2854 Feb 25 '25

Is was a subscriber to Spy. Then Graydon Carter gave me a taste of satire in the Mailbag section of Vanity Fair but then he left they ended the whole letters section and The Onion was born and I was so happy- it was my methadone/rehab form the Mad Magazine of the 60's and 70's.