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Funny Because It's True: How The Onion Created Modern American News Satire Ashley Westby and the classic to theDiscover the real truth behind the original fake news with this in depth history of beloved humor publication, The Onion. In 1988, a band of University of WisconsinMadison undergrads and dropouts began publishing a free weekly newspaper with no editorial stance other than You Are Dumb. Just wanting to make a few bucks, they wound up becoming the bedrock of modern satire over the course of twenty years, changing the way we consume both our comedy and