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Hello and welcome to the excerpt. I'm Dana Taylor. Today is Sunday, April 20, 2025.

If you haven't heard of The Onion, a satirical news publication, you've no doubt come across the many memes and parodies inspired by its style.

The Onion began with a group of scrappy Gen Xers who wanted to poke fun at mainstream news.

It's evolved into an at times biting, oftentimes comic, cultural critic.

What role does humor play in making the world make sense? I'm joined now by

Christine Wentz, a member of the Onion's original staff and author of the new book, Funny Because

It's True, How the Onion Created Modern American News Satire, which is available now. Thanks for joining me, Christine.

Thanks for having me, D.N. This is great. In your book, you talk about good fake news versus

bad fake news. How is the onion walk the line between satire and misinformation?

That is a good question.

The Onion's mission is to try to make the world a better place with its satire,

and the point of satire is to kind of point out what the writers think is wrong and needs to be changed.

And there's a lot of thought that the Onion writers put into,

you know, what they decide to target as their satire. So I think that's definitely part of it.

Satire is, of course, a powerful tool to hold those in positions of authority accountable.

One of the Onion's most famous headlines is one that's often seen after a mass

shooting in America. And it says, no way to prevent this, says only nation where this

regularly happens. Do you think the Onion has successfully influenced public opinion with its brand

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