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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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

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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 ...

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