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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 76 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Damn. The Onion is on top of shit. Good for them

[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"satire" hits harder when the world is on fire.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

Quotations for sure. They're literally just reporting.

[–] Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago

They pretty much hit it 💯 of the time.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I ate the onion for 3 whole seconds on this one. I'd believe it.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

It's not a false headline. This is what Israel did last night.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago

Some of these fanatics at Al Jazeera have even sacrificed their lives for the cause, dying as they carry out acts of journalism that threaten the Israeli government.” Netanyahu went on to defend his administration’s record of rooting out journalism, noting that since the war began in October, around 100 journalists had been killed.

If an israel commits Genocide but there's no journalist around to report on it, did the israel commit Genocide?

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 year ago

validating that information to its ensure accuracy

Can't tell if editing oversight or clever joke

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] CptEnder@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This may be one of their best articles. Absolutely beautiful satire and journalism.