TOW #14 - Article: "Encouraging Economic Report Reveals More Americans Delusional Enough To Start Their Own Business" - The Onion

The Onion proudly refers to itself as: "America's Finest News Source." Readers of The Onion quickly realize the entire news source is drowning in satire; almost nothing factual or newsworthy is every written on The Onion. In a period of Economic rebuilding, America is coming out of a recession and many "real" newspapers report on the country's economy. The Onion has written a completely satirical article about Americans "delusional" enough to open a new business in this economy. The article is bluntly titled: "Encouraging Economic Report Reveals More Americans Delusional Enough To Start Their Own Business." This news source relies entirely on sarcasm and satire to reach their readers in this article. Throughout the article facts are sprinkled in between long satirical rants in attempt to make the article appear credible. For example: "The report, which described its findings as “highly encouraging for near-term economic growth,” confirmed that over 200,000 small businesses were founded in 2013 by entrepreneurial Americans who have completely and utterly lost their grip on reality, and noted that the number of bold and frankly insane Americans applying for new business permits had risen markedly over the past year." While the onion provides laughs to its readers, it is not a credible source. The article also exemplifies extreme bias towards its arguments: “Every day, we’re seeing more entrepreneurs who are deluded to such a degree that they are confidently investing their entire life savings in new and unquestionably ill-fated restaurants, storefronts, and online businesses.” The author of this article simply does not provide enough evidence to support his harsh claim. It is obvious that The Onion does not want to be a credible news source. Their satire and sarcasm work hand in hand to create a news article that has some - if very little - relevance in life.