The Onion bought out by top Hillary donor

[Kentonio]

And it appears the downfall of a once great site is now underway..

When it was revealed in January that satirical news outlet, The Onion, had been purchased by Univision Communications (which is co-owned by one of Hillary Clinton’s biggest fans, top campaign donor, and pro-Israel fanatic, Haim Saban), it was if the world suddenly held its breath to see if the move would be the outlet’s downfall.

Now, it appears we have our answer. On Tuesday, an apparent attempt at satirical understatement in actuality proved to be nothing less than a blatant propagandistic fluff piece touting Clinton’s ostensibly stellar career.

It didn’t work.

“Female Presidential Candidate Who Was United States Senator, Secretary Of State Told To Be More Inspiring,” read The Onion’s not-at-all-opaque headline. And the nauseating attempt at tongue-in-cheek praise didn’t stop there.

According to the short ‘article,’ Hillary’s media advisor, Jim Margolis, urged “the woman — who overcame entrenched societal biases to build a successful legal career, became the first female senator elected in the state of New York, oversaw the Department of State during a period of widespread international tumult, and, if elected, would be the first female president in American history — to be more uplifting to voters.”

But this doesn’t come as much of a surprise. Univision co-owner and chair, Haim Saban, together with his wife, Cheryl, have been Hillary’s most generous campaign backers — shelling out $2,046,000 for her political campaigns and an additional minimum of $10 million to the Clinton Foundation, “on whose board Cheryl Saban sits,” reported The Intercept. “An extensive New Yorker profile of Saban recalls how Saban publicly described his ‘three ways to be influential in American politics’ in 2009. One was political donations. Another was establishing think tanks (he founded the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution in 2002). And the third was controlling media outlets.”

“Univision also owns The Root, and Saban has made attempts to buy The Los Angeles Times and, he says, the New York Times.”

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/hillarys-top-donor-buys-onion-starts-publishing-propaganda-immediately/

[jfern]

1. Warmongers aren't very funny

[bvf]

2. This sucks. n/t

[cali]

3. Pathetic and transparently repulsive.

[Live and Learn]

4. RIP The Onion. We will miss you but we won't be fooled by your usurper. nt

[DetlefK]

5. Come on. Desperate to smear Clinton much?

Hillary’s media advisor, Jim Margolis, urged “the woman — who overcame entrenched societal biases to build a successful legal career, became the first female senator elected in the state of New York, oversaw the Department of State during a period of widespread international tumult, and, if elected, would be the first female president in American history — to be more uplifting to voters.”


Oh, so mentioning how people refuse to give HRC credit for her accomplishments means being a corporate lackey?


A counter-example:
"His advisor told Senator Bernie Sanders that there's no chance he could win the general election, despite being a civil-rights defender, despite being a proponent of a different set of economic policies that have a decades-long track-record of success all around the world, and despite inspiring huge masses of young voters with ease."

Oh, the horror!
Oh, the outrage!
The writer of said lines is clearly a shill for Bernie Sanders!

[Kentonio]

6. An article basically saying 'look how awesome this person is!'

Shortly after the company was bought out by a large supporter of that person, isn't exactly subtle. Especially when that supporter has previously listed 'controlling media outlets' as one of his top 3 ways of influencing politics.

[cherokeeprogressive]

7. So the Onion is no longer a Walla Walla Sweet, but simply a generic stinker?

Those people ruin everything.