Another Onion article comes true
This is why I love that website. As was pointed out in the comments for a page posted here yesterday, in a way, the Onion already wrote a similar piece five years prior. The only difference is that while the Onion published a fake news article in the name of satire, Think Progress, well, didn’t.
Oddly enough, this isn’t the first time this sort of thing has happened.
In January 2001, The Onion published an article entitled “Bush: Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over,” in which just-elected President Bush swore to, among other things, “go into massive debt,” “engage in at least one Gulf War-level armed conflict in the next four years, and “open the [Arctic National Wildlife Refuge] to oil drilling.”
In 2004, The Onion published a commentary jokingly claiming that safety razor brand Gillette would be releasing a razor with five blades. Two years layer, Gillette introduced the Fusion, with six blades.
In April 2006, The Onion Radio Network mocked the War on Christmas controversy with a piece entitled “People Saying ‘Happy Spring Holiday’ Just to Piss Off Bill O’Reilly.” In April 2011, Sean Hannity and Bill Donohue complained about a “War on Easter.”
Just for kicks, does anyone else know of any “fake” news articles, especially from The Onion, that in one way or another came true later?