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Former CNN Anchor Bobbie Battista Now on The Onion

TresSugar — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:00:00 -0700

“You watch the news today, and you don’t know what is real. When I was doing newscasts at CNN, people would come up to me and say, ‘That story can’t be real.’ Now the lines are really getting blurred.”

- Former CNN news anchor Bobbie Battista, now an anchor on the satirical news site The Onion, doing her part to blur the lines between real and fake news even further. Although hesitant at first to accept the job at The Onion for fear that her former CNN colleagues would think less of her, Battista nevertheless doesn't see it as a step down. She thinks cable news itself has taken a dive. To watch an example of her hilarious deadpan reading of ridiculous news, read more

Police View 40,000 Dumb Party Photos to Guess Cause of Fire

TresSugar — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:00:00 -0700

Sometimes cell phone cameras and portable digital video cameras can turn innocent bystanders into a police investigator's best friend. But in the case of a dorm room fire at a party at NYU, the partygoers' documentation helped as much as it hindered the investigation. After sifting through 40,000 images and videos of young women making out, posing with goofy sexy faces, and people drawing penis pictures on a passed out student's face, police finally determined that the fire was caused by a dropped, lit cigarette. (Seriously, enough with the goofy sexy faces!)

Sad About BSG Being Over? So Is the President

GeekSugar — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:05:17 -0700

You know, I thought something was off. I've noticed that President Obama's eyes haven't had quite the same sparkle for the past few weeks, and The Onion finally tells us why: Battlestar Galactica is over.

Apparently, the President was a huge BSG fan and has recently blown off daily routines and has shown signs of depression! A staffer for Mr. Obama gives us the inside scoop:

He no longer cares if he lets himself go "just like Lee did before the rescue on New Caprica," and has told aides he feels "like a cylon without a Resurrection Ship."

Ahh, Mr. President, I feel your pain. My Friday nights also feel a little colder. We can get through it together buddy. Yes we can.

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I Never Want to Land in This Airport!

GiggleSugar — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:00:00 -0700

I love Czech novelist Franz Kafka as much as the next brooding existentialist, but I never want to land at his namesake airport in Prague. Named as the world's most alienating airport, Franz Kafka International takes the confusion of air travel and multiplies it by a million. The average delay? 31 hours. How long might delays last? Some disgruntled customers have reported month-long delays. And who wants to land in an airport whose Gate B2 is next to Gate B11, while Gate B14 is in the F terminal? Not me. I bet there are giant roaches running all over the place too! Sheesh. Get with the program, Prague!

Congressman Offers Preemptive Apology For Extramarital Affair

GiggleSugar — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:00:00 -0800

Rep. Gregory White, Democrat from New Hampshire, is really, really sorry for what he's about to do. So he apologizes to his wife, his constituents, and to his children, who are soon going to be privy to his sexual fetishes. Well, you can't say this prepology isn't unique! And now, I must prepologize to my stomach for the nachos with sour cream, extra jalapenos, and hot sauce I am about to inflict on it. (Can we still be friends?)

Jennifer Love Hewitt Pays Magazine $2.2 Million To Run Photos of Her Baby

GiggleSugar — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:00:00 -0800

When you're an A-list celeb who's just given birth, or even an obscure person who suddenly finds herself with 16 babies (whoops - how ever did that happen!), a baby these days pretty much guarantees a tabloid cover, plus a nice sum of money. And for the lower-tiered stars? Well, The Onion imagines that, like the rest of us peons, they'd have to suck it up and fork over some cold hard cash just to get attention. On noncelebrity planet earth, only your friends and family care that you had a baby. (I know - crazy, right?)

The Onion Wonders if Violent Video Games Are Violent Enough

GeekSugar — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:30:51 -0800

All those video games like Gears of War? Their true benefit, of course, is preparing kids for the coming apocalypse. But are they violent enough, The Onion wonders?

Despondex: The New Depressant For the Annoyingly Happy

GiggleSugar — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:00:00 -0800

Are you insufferably exuberant? Do you beam if a stranger so much as looks your way? Do you see the silver lining in even awful situations? Well, there's help for you. The FDA has recently approved a new depressant called Despondex. Although alternative natural treatments exist (watching too much television, eating crap, and not exercising), why work at depression when you can just get it in a pill?

Are Reality Television Skanks Setting Unrealistic Expectations For Skanks?

GiggleSugar — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:00:00 -0800

Television shows like Rock of Love and Flavor of Love put undue pressure on real world skanks to outdo the unrealistic levels of skankiness they see on TV, according to the American Media Institute. (It's hard out here for a skank!) “Only 2 percent of skanks will ever get to ride in a stretch limousine," says one pundit, "much less pass out in one.” The funniest part of this Onion Network News clip is how the anchors kept a straight face while pretending to be serious about this. That, and the new band name idea I got from the clip: Skanks Across America.

Bratz Dolls: Sending the Wrong Message About Head Size?

GiggleSugar — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:15:00 -0800

Forget the sexual messages Bratz dolls send to little girls who buy them (nice blowup doll lips, Miss Bratz!). The Onion is worried that the takeaway message for girls is that "in order to be beautiful you have to have a head that's twice the size of your torso." Says one concerned mother, "I want her to feel good about her head. You have to say you're OK with having a little head, and with having a nose."