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Thursday, March 20, 2008

Black Guy Asks People For Change

If you're not familiar with The Onion you're missing out on one of the smartest, funniest satirical publications in the country. Think The Daily Show but 20 years younger and in print. This article illustrates in a comedic way how a news organization can frame a story and affect the overall tone of the message. And of course it brings to mind the scene below from the South Park episode "Night of the Living Homeless":

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

oh man, that article is awesome. Normally I'm the first person to spin things in that direction. I am HORRIFICLY ashamed that I never considered this variation to Obama's 'Change' requests.

JBW said...

I completely agree; that joke just seems so obvious now that someone has said it but I was completely unaware up until now. I suppose the whole discussion on race that has finally been brought out into the open made it a little more relevant as well.

Anonymous said...

Hehe! The article and clip were funny. Give the guy some change!! I loved the Southpark clip. I have not seen that episode before, but it looked funny.