Onion News Network wins Peabody; area man congratulates self

Congrats to Kukoda, Carol, Will, Lang, Chris Kelly and all the other talented folks at ONN - but especially to ME. Seeing how the Journal story cites the best piece I ever wrote for the site—

Like the Onion’s printed matter, the Onion News Network’s faux-earnest tone sometimes results in its jokes being taken seriously, like a viral hit called “Child Bankrupts Make-A-Wish Foundation With Wish for Unlimited Wishes” that eventually merited its own entry on Snopes, a site that debunks rumors, email hoaxes and other urban myths.

—clearly it was MY weekly contributions, two years ago, that truly pushed this venture from an “impeccably executed, super-popular online satire site” into a “Peabody-calibre impeccably executed, super-popular online satire site.” YOU’RE WELCOME, ONN.

Really, it was the least I could do to offset the tarnish brought on by Joe “Donkey Basketball” Wengert.