Was it their own political proclivities that protected Obama and democrats from The Onion’s sharp quill, or was was it The Onion’s fear of being Breitbarted?
This writer doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
They can’t overcome their biggest competition: reality.
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve glanced at a posting title on FR and thought it had to be from the Onion or one of the satire sites...only to find out it isn’t...
For the last year or so, their only jokes or jabs at Obama have been based on the premise that he's too good, too decent, too intelligent to counter the ignorant, evil Republicans.
They wouldn't even consider that possibility that he might have been wrong or incompetent or less than noble.
The television series, which had to rely more on broader visual gags, wasn't so biased as the website (or I presume the print version), though.
I couldn't say if they're still funny now.
To this day though, one of the funniest things I ever read was on The Onion, where the headline was "US apologizes for liberating France" and Colin Powel was quoted as saying "what were we thinking?"
Mark
Onion Radio and the online videos were great until recently. A favorite of mine is the story on the malfunction of the teleprompter in the family quarters of the Obama White House causing the president to recite his prepared dinner conversation from memory.
http://www.theonion.com/video/obamas-home-teleprompter-malfunctions-during-famil,14383/
That might be funny if it were part of a balanced blend of humor aimed at a variety of targets.
As it is, though, it's just another Onion attack on Republicans -- just more pro-Obama propaganda.