# New york Times, or The Onion?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-or-the-onion/653328>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 19, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-or-the-onion/653328 "2013-03-19T03:23:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-or-the-onion/653328/1 "2013-03-19T03:23:11Z")

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So I saw 2 headlines in my Google Reader news feed tonight.

1. Many Iraqis Prefer to Ignore 10th Anniversary of War

2. Paul Ryan’s Unsettling Budget Plan Reveals He Cuts His Own Hair

So the topics for debate are:

Which do you think was from The Onion, and which was from the New York Times?

Does it matter?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-or-the-onion/653328/2 "2013-03-19T03:25:13Z")

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1)NYT  
2)Onion

IMO it’s pretty obvious which is which.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-or-the-onion/653328/3 "2013-03-19T04:16:06Z")

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This is really not a debate.

Off to IMHO.