For past Of Net Interest columns, click here . Porn Sweep Precedes Date's Arrival. Toys 'R' Us Sign Triggers Pavlovian Shrieking Response In Child. The Onion skewers everyday issues with doses of dry wit and a straight delivery ripped from the dullest Associated Press stories. Not bad work from eight staffers in their late 20s and early 30s crammed into a cluttered office in America's heartland.
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We never meet the people we insult. Their high level of irony appeals to today's culture, where people are in tune with the artificiality of life. Siegel says the aim of his publication is to take issues that Americans are told to care about by major media outlets and then attempt to cut to the heart of how that issue is really perceived by average citizens. That includes a recent look at Sierra Leone's bloody battles via a brief about a man riveted not to the events in the African nation but to National Public Radio's coverage of the events. The Onion 's recipe is uncomplicated.