According to the esteemed New Yorker, it's "the funniest publication in
the United States." Reading The Onion, online or in print (it's
distributed for free in select cities) has become a weekly ritual for
more than three million people nationwide. If too much reading gives
you headaches, you can always turn to their radio news, watch their
24-hour video news network, or flip through their hilarious "News in
Photos." There's even an online Onion store, in case you're ever in
need of a "Sounds of the Rainforest" smoke alarm or a "Visor-ganizer"
that will help you carry up to 7 pounds of stuff, right on top of your
baseball cap.



With highly unbelievable coverage in local, national and world news,
sports, science, entertainment and business, even a "War for the White
House" section covering the 2008 U.S. election, the Onion prides itself
on painting "a unique picture of the world." In most cases, the
attention-grabbing, not-so-politically correct headlines alone are
enough to get a chuckle out of its readership.

From December 2007: "Man Finally Put in Charge of Struggling Feminist Movement." March 2004:
"Study: 58 Percent of U.S. Exercise Televised." Back in January 1999,
the Onion reported that "Laughter [is] Now Exclusively Used to Mask
Feelings," and more recently, in April 2008, an article entitled
"United Nations Pledges $1.2 Billion in Indigestion Relief for U.S."
goes on to describe "the largest gastrointestinal rescue effort in
history."

For the 2007 holiday season, the Onion's witty employees and chief ad
account representatives were thanked with a gift from "America's Finest
News Source." Nearly 700 Moleskine diaries, planners and pocket
notebooks of various sizes and colors were blind debossed with the
Onion logo and graphic. Diaries were wrapped in a custom four-color
paper band, offering "Season's Greetings" and inviting recipients to
jot down their "terrible hackneyed ideas."
