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The Daily Currant Moves In on The Onion’s Turf

Satire Faceoff

After The Onion’s Oscars debacle, its tiny rival proved just as good at faking out major news outlets. Is satire’s scrappy step-sibling finally ready for primetime? By David Freedlander.

David Freedlander

David Freedlander

Published Mar. 12 2013 4:45AM EDT

articles/2013/03/12/the-daily-currant-moves-in-on-the-onion-s-turf/130311-the-daily-current-freedlander-tease_il9upy — theonion.com; dailycurrant.com

Did you hear the story about Sarah Palin becoming an Al Jazeera contributor? Or about former Senate candidate Todd Akin suggesting that breast milk can cure

David Freedlander

David Freedlander

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