Anyone see that new Anna Nicole Smith article? The one about how Anna finally lost those last, stubborn few pounds, dropped down to her ideal weight and "has never been happier?" That story's what we like to call an "Onion Exclusive." Meaning it was offensive, entertaining and 100% made up.
Yes, even before Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart, there was something called the "fake news genre." And now The Onion plans to take their operation to the next level by launching the ONN, a 24-hour fake news network. Which sounds more like The Daily Show and The Colbert Report than Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update." But, of course, Onion mouthpieces are quick to avoid comparisons with Comedy Central's fake news front-men.
"Our competitors are MSNBC and CNN," said Onion prexy Sean Mills, distancing the new network from the fake news genre so successfully explored by Comedy Central and "Saturday Night Live."
"Those are parody shows, and this is serious news," he said. "There's no studio audience, and no one's in on the joke."
Oh, well now we get it! No laugh-track, no studio audience and serious fake news. You know, now that we think about it, their tagline of "faster, harder, scarier and all-knowing" doesn't sound very Comedy Central at all. In fact, it sounds an awful lot like another network we can think of. We just hope Fox News Channel doesn't sue them for copyright infringement.

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