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Onion Story Gets Blown Out of Proportion

Posted by samzenpus on from the seeing-is-believing dept.

A 3-year-old Onion video titled "Martial Law Plans Revealed?" has swept across the internet recently, and taken the gullible along with it. The video has some preaching from the highest mountain top about the evils of a government turning fascist, and an equal number explaining until red in the face what The Onion is.

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  1. Re:Not to be a conspiracy theorist, but... by samkass · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My favorite was always the 2000 article Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over... almost everything in the article came true.

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