- "Trump's @GOP has made satire reality" (J Bennett)
- "The boundary between real life and The Onion has officially vanished......" (Moose Lives Here)
Note that the last pics on this page are from r/politics--not r/nottheonion.
Another thing I thought was interesting was how the "recurrence" got upvoted on Reddit (see the picture directly below this paragraphs). So, there's a kind of social currency to reorganizing time. On the explanation page, I call this "vernacular criticism." In the same way that Edwin Black gets kudos from the rhetorical community when he asks for his readers to see the Coatesville Address in terms of a morality play (or when Campbell and Jamieson get kudos from the rhetorical community for asking their readers to see a Barbara Jordan speech in terms of Virginia Woolf), brotkel gets kudos from Reddit users for connecting a Obama speech in 2007 with the Trump fiasco in 2019. Just an observation.
I also thought it was interesting how the Onion is having to change the way it does "news," given the fake news climate we live in. In fact, this change aligns with what I have to say in the reflection: namely, how, while I thought I chose an object of analysis that showed movement between different networks, news and satire are in fact in the same network, which makes sense. How else are we to interpret shows like Stephen Colbert? or John Stewart? They're both news AND satire. My entire project therefore was blind to the reality of hybridity. Oh well. Next time.
Shoot Them in the Legs, Trump Suggested: Inside His Border War - The New York Times— Moose Lives Here (@jackandjill0522) October 1, 2019
He wanted to put a MOAT filled with ALLIGATORS & SNAKES at the border! The boundary between real life and The Onion has officially vanished...... https://t.co/AFSGPIUsqa
Trump is denying he ever proposed putting sharp spikes on the border wall...except he literally tweeted this image of the border wall with sharp spikes on top. https://t.co/FgTzR6KhQv— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) October 2, 2019
Wait the snakes in a moat thing isn’t an Onion article?!— Pat Palingo (@PatPalingo) October 2, 2019
Snake filled moat...I used to think we were living in an Onion article, but now I’m pretty sure it’s @SamuelLJackson movie— Scott Phillips (@rsphillips) October 2, 2019
I'd have sworn we already had a "moat with alligators" story break but I may be thinking of an Onion article. Please make the crazy stop.— Chris Hagan (@hagan19) October 1, 2019
“Trump denies wanting alligator-filled moat at border”— Sarah Thomas (@_SarahThomas_) October 3, 2019
Thought I was reading an ad for an article on The Onion....nope if was real and on CNN 😒🤦🏼♀️
https://www.reddit.com/r/theonionwasright/comments/dcgbfa/the_onion_called_it_america_needs_a_moat_filled/ "God damn you onion you time wizards" (rubbertubing)Here's a video from The Onion where panelists discuss options for a moat on our southern border. It's from 2007.— J Bennett (@SpecApe) October 2, 2019
Trump's @GOP has made satire reality.https://t.co/JSMt9EWtlD
"Privately, the president had often talked about fortifying a border wall with a water-filled trench, stocked with snakes or alligators, prompting aides to seek a cost estimate." #NotTheOnion #WTF #ImpeachmentNow https://t.co/duPl3n9I4Z— Chris Guizlo (@chrisguizlo) October 2, 2019
These Geniuses Want to Build Trump’s Border Wall With Nuclear Waste https://t.co/wB7dDPevF1 #nottheonion— Its Not The Onion (@ItsNotTheOnion) April 6, 2017
https://www.reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/dcb5p9/the_white_house_actually_sought_a_cost_estimate/ https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/dc1odi/trump_reportedly_suggested_shooting_migrants_in/Jesus fucking Christ, man. Are we in the 10th century?? A moat? Seriously? Someone’s crazy racist uncle is on his feet applauding this bullshit, but the rest of us are just straight up embarrassed. Someone needs to remove this fucker from office post-haste. #NotTheOnion https://t.co/Ja8WpuO8cs— Heatherox (@heatherox81) October 2, 2019
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-the-onion-satire-media-changed-everything-for-the-onion/
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/aug/28/the-onion-in-the-age-of-trump-what-we-do-becomes-essential-when-its-targets-are-this-clownish
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/05/area-media-company-makes-money/392141/
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