CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — After more than a decade, the Onion started redistributing print editions this summer, and they’ll be handing them out during this week’s Democratic National Convention.
“We put together a very good paper with everything you’d find in a newspaper: weather, horoscopes, all the latest news, even comics, and we think people will be excited about it,” said Onion CEO Ben Collins.
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Collins, who described the Onion as “America’s finest news source” and said their team has “provided America’s best factual information throughout the entire world,” said the DNC provides a special opportunity for the publication.
“The world is coming to our city,” he said. “The entirety of the United States press corps and the seediest politicians are coming to Chicago. We figured it’s good to get some real news in their hands.”
Asked whether he thought handing out a satirical publication could spark a fake news debate, Collins responded:
“If people think that the New York Times is really ceasing publication, which is what we put on the cover, or that [Gov.] Tim Walz is taking on a neo-retro-futuristic persona because he’s sick of his folksiness, I think that’s more of an issue with the reader than it is with us.”
On its website, the Onion has encouraged its readers to subscribe and “send us money until the throbbing subsides.”
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