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'Funny Because It's True' tells the history of satirical paper 'The Onion'
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Christine Wenc, author of the new book Funny Because It's True: How the Onion Created Modern News Satire.
The history of The Onion, as told by someone there at the start
Christine Wenc, the author of "Funny Because It's True", will speak Tuesday about how she chronicled the satirical ...
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A Paper Where the News Really Is Fake, and That’s the Point
In “Funny Because It’s True,” Christine Wenc offers an idiosyncratic history of The Onion, the publication that made the media its chief satirical target. By Alexandra Jacobs When you ...
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How The Onion Created Modern American Satire
Christine Wenc's book, Funny Because It’s True, explores the history and cultural impact of The Onion, the satirical publication that began as a college project in 1988 ...
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'Funny Because It's True' tells the history of satirical paper 'The Onion'
That is the story that author Christine Wenc, who was a member of The Onion's original staff, writes in her new book, "Funny Because It's True: How The Onion Created Modern News Satire." ...