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Missouri Executes Man Despite Questions About Evidence (theonion.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] cybervseas 61 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ouch. The Onion: this is effectively just reporting on real events…

[–] TheTechnician27 73 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is their section called "American Voices" where the story is a real, actual event that happened but commentated on by satirical representations of Americans.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

And it's always those same people

[–] TheTechnician27 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It's not always the same three people shown here, but yeah, they pull from a very small pool of at least six fictional people.

[–] taiyang 10 points 3 months ago

The occupation and names I think are random and usually a joke, too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

It's usually the same people in real life too.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If you don't want to be executed, maybe just don't be vaguely associated with the crime?

[–] themeatbridge 17 points 3 months ago

Have you tried being white?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago

Hey Missouri. Get fucked, you shithole state.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

this could be in c/nottheonion

[–] jqubed 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The story is real in the American Voices features but the commentary is satirical

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Oh, right! I get that, but it’s just so on the nose that it could be in either. Sadly, it’s not satire.