In response to a Republican-backed Senate candidate's remark during a debate this week that pregnancies from rape were "something that God intended", the Onion posted some interviews of reactions, in their satirical manner.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/senate-candidate-god-intended-pregnancies-from-rap,30079/
The Onion may not be a factual news source, but they've made a huge business out of speaking politically through writing and witticisms. They're something interesting to look at in the context of our class.
The Onion has fooled news sources of all kinds. They fooled the New York Times here using a cover of the teen magazine Tiger Beat with Obama's picture on the cover and the caption "I sing in the shower". They were most recently interpreted as a real news source by the Iranian news agency Fars here.
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