The Onion

TheOnion.com is a website that takes important situations and inserts some humor into them. The media is constantly bringing negativity into the world, and it is good to see that there are some people out there who still have a sense of humor. The writers on this website use satire in their writings, and it makes the reading more entertaining and enjoyable. One of the articles I read was about Derek Jeter passing Lou Gehrig as the all time hit leader as a New York Yankee. This is a remarkable feat, however the article talks about how Derek Jeter was being applauded by the fans for not passing Harold Baines, a lesser known player. The article tells about how Jeter was honored to be behind Harold Baines on the all time hit list, and how he is one of the 675,000 players who is behind the designated hitter in hits. I found the article funny because Harold Baines is irrelevant to the story, yet the author made him the main focus of the article. Instead of focusing on the issue on hand, and giving facts, the author used satire to make the article comical.