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Transcript: Interview: Robert Siegel, editor in chief of the satirical Web and print publication The Onion, discusses humor and the news
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- Talk of the Nation (NPR)
- Article date:
- July 10, 2000
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Interview: Robert Siegel, editor in chief of the satirical Web and
print publication The Onion, discusses humor and the news
Host: JUAN WILLIAMS
Time: 2:00-3:00 PM
Announcer: This hour's program is a rebroadcast of an archived edition
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JUAN WILLIAMS, host:
This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Juan Williams.
Twelve years ago two students at the University of Wisconsin started
writing a parody of USA Today. Their takeoff on the real news of
our age hit a cultural nerve. Today, between its Web site and its
weekly print edition, The Onion has a million readers.
We do live in strange and funny times, and The ...