Analysisisisisis

The purpose of The Onion is to educate through satire and exaggeration. The news is often relavent to what is actually going on, but usually something is made up to make the story funnier and richer. This site appeals to anyone with a sense of humor, although it has been said that there is a bit of a liberal bias to the stories. (It did originate in Boulder, after all) The authors are made up of a core of about 15 people, with a few outside contributors. One interesting thing I just learned is that everything is backwards at The Onion: "We start with the headline and then flesh out the story, as opposed to The New York Times, which writes the issue and then has a headline editor to make it snappy. We start with a joke."