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Breaking: Gizmodo Sues The Onion for Misquote!

gizmodo.com — What is the world coming to? First terrorism, now this.

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  • Floris, on 12/22/2007, -19/+2Interesting how they break their own news :)
    • unicronband, on 12/22/2007, -10/+3Except it's not news at all, but a very unfunny satire of a very funny satirical publication.
    • nihilite, on 12/22/2007, -3/+2Sorry for the spoiler, but please RTFA before you post it.

      FTA: "(Notice: While this should come as obviously fake to 99% of the people out there, for the 1%, yes, this post is fake fake FAKE. F-A-K-E. This one you just read and, like everything they do, the Onion's)"
      • chinolofus, on 12/22/2007, -1/+2maybe thats why he put it in comedy. also comparing it to terrorism might have been a give away also.
  • ladyarcher85, on 12/22/2007, -14/+3Too early for April Fools and Innocents' Day is still a few days away.
    • aliengoods, on 12/22/2007, -0/+1Innocents Day? Never heard of it. Is that when we celebrate the deaths of the civilians killed by Blackwater?
  • Rikushix, on 12/22/2007, -1/+49I wish they hadn't added that part at the bottom giving it away, it would have been funny to see all these diggers arguing about whose in the right and whose in the wrong..."But they should KNOW it's a joke publication!!!111"
    • zyklon, on 12/22/2007, -1/+2Very yes. Isn't it great how easy it is to feed off of the drama Digg causes sometimes?
    • SouthsideIrish, on 12/22/2007, -0/+1They gave it away in the first sentence! When was the Onion ever a leading international newspaper?
      • sexybobo, on 12/22/2007, -0/+1It is one of the leading international satirical newspaper. they just omitted one word.
    • sleeplessmind, on 12/22/2007, -0/+0agreed, would of been great had they not given it away. but i was wondering Why they would report the case like that on their own site until i started reading, haha.
  • zyklon, on 12/22/2007, -17/+51The Onion thrives off of misquotes. It's a satire group. Anyone who takes them seriously is obviously too much of a tight-ass to live any longer.
    • TheAtomicMoose, on 12/22/2007, -3/+36digg up his confusion!
      • Neiby, on 12/22/2007, -2/+6Well, it is recursive satire, and recursion can be a little confusing.
        • alexforcefive, on 12/22/2007, -0/+1Well, it is confusing, since it is recursive satire
    • gstep, on 12/22/2007, -5/+19and anyone who fails to read an article all the way through before commenting on it is a moron
      • devo9ineteen, on 12/22/2007, -1/+2i think you missed the point of this comment.... or did i miss the point of your comment? when will this perpetual circle stop?
  • Anliz, on 12/22/2007, -2/+6This will end up being an entertaining comment page...
  • Hoxie, on 12/22/2007, -5/+4I knew it was a joke when they said they were going to ask Drew Curtis for legal advice.
    The guy tried to copyright NSFW, for chistsakes.
    • jdb252, on 12/22/2007, -2/+2You didn't know it was a joke by the title?
  • mlopes, on 12/22/2007, -25/+5What about reading the entire post before submitting it to Digg and digging it up?

    From the post:

    (Notice: While this should come as obviously fake to 99% of the people out there, for the 1%, yes, this post is fake fake FAKE. F-A-K-E. This one you just read and, like everything they do, the Onion's)
    • kevxross, on 12/22/2007, -1/+10So you can't post satire on digg anymore? That's gonna make their partnership with The Onion a little awkward.
    • TimTheSloth, on 12/22/2007, -0/+0buried for spoilers.
  • akohut, on 12/22/2007, -18/+12This is an unfunny joke. The article is convoluted as hell. Rating: Poor. No digg.
  • truspect0r, on 12/22/2007, -13/+0Hey Apple sues, we want too...
  • norbiu, on 12/22/2007, -11/+1What the *****? Is it April already?
  • naterpoke, on 12/22/2007, -17/+3why do people think that the onion is funny, even after a few beers i still find it contrived
    • LokitheComplex, on 12/22/2007, -1/+3Go on tell us a joke then.
      • naterpoke, on 12/22/2007, -6/+1what do you call a hotdog with no center?
        a hollow-weiner
        • chinolofus, on 12/22/2007, -0/+1a horse walks into a bar. the bartender says..."why the long face?"
        • LokitheComplex, on 12/22/2007, -0/+1No I mean a joke.
  • megaton, on 12/22/2007, -9/+4"Breaking: Gizmondo Sues The Onion for Mosquito!"
  • Unclickable, on 12/22/2007, -6/+2I smell a viral for employeebuddy.com
  • Dylson, on 12/22/2007, -9/+12I hate Gizmodo.
  • PURPLEDRINK, on 12/22/2007, -1/+19FTA: "The Onion's faulty reporting has to be stopped at once."
    i lol'd
  • RP53, on 12/22/2007, -6/+1Some people up there ^ need to take the stick out of their ass. The internet hates you now.
  • phragmatic, on 12/22/2007, -1/+1that was pretty damned stupid... good one, guys.
  • Nerfdude, on 12/22/2007, -11/+5gizmodo can go ***** themselves. i've never seen more pandering fanboy articles. gotta get that revenue, gotta get them diggs!

    buried for "breaking" and linking to gizmodo. they don't deserve the ad revenue.
  • JohnDavis730, on 12/22/2007, -6/+2its the ***** onion, leave them alone!! its the last place i can find any real news now adays
  • Rand3mhero, on 12/22/2007, -6/+1I can't believe someone would sue The Onion over something like this. Jesus christ, it's not hard to tell when people are being serious or faking it.
    • BenKenobi88, on 12/22/2007, -0/+2You should start a petition.
    • crodragn, on 12/22/2007, -0/+2Seems pretty hard to me. I mean, after all, you couldn't tell.
  • NJPENSO, on 12/22/2007, -2/+9Now we can REALLY see who reads the article and who doesn't. :)
    • BenKenobi88, on 12/22/2007, -0/+3*grabs popcorn*
    • chrishavel, on 12/22/2007, -1/+1Even those who read it may not get it. Just shows how much skill the Onion writers have ... it's a poor imitation, so the only barely clueful will understand it's satire. Onion writing, OTH, is immediately recognizable for what it is (unless you're even MORE of an idjit).
  • luet, on 12/22/2007, -0/+3Haha wow. When I saw the title I was about to facepalm, until I actually read Gizmodo's article.
  • bwizard, on 12/22/2007, -1/+1So is the Zune 2 a great design or not?
  • ashwinmudigonda, on 12/22/2007, -1/+1Looks like the IQ of most digg contributors is their age. Retards.
  • beastlykings, on 12/22/2007, -3/+1Did anyone else read "Gizmodo Sues The Onion for Mosquito!"?
    ...
    ...
    Cause I didn't...
  • TimTheSloth, on 12/22/2007, -1/+1I agree with Gizmodo, The Onion article had so many errors that it almost seemed like they did it on purpose.
  • olivercross, on 12/22/2007, -0/+1Hey guys, you'll never guess what, Gizmodo is suing The Onion!
  • aahpandasrun, on 12/23/2007, -0/+1Gizmodo are a bunch of idiots. It's a parody, and there's a thing called freedom of speech. IT'S A JOKE PEOPLE!
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