October 21, 2003
The Onion has taken things to the next level with a couple of leads in this week's issue:
SACRAMENTO, CA—Political observers are struggling to understand exactly how, on Oct. 7, Arnold Schwarzenegger, an Austrian-born, movie-star muscleman with no political experience, was elected to govern the state of California, the world's fifth-largest economic region.Unfortunately they develop the stories in the typical Onion fashion instead of going straight news, but I still love the way they're playing with your conflicting expectations as an an Onion reader and an incredulous American.WASHINGTON, DC—A White House administration official who can be blamed for leaking the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame to the press remains at large, White House officials announced Monday.
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