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    The Onion in the age of Trump: ‘What we do becomes essential when its targets are this clownish’

    In a ‘farcical’ world blighted by fake news, the longtime satirical publication has become even more necessary, its managing editor says
    by Amanda Meade Aug 27, 2017 3 minutes
    Marnie Shure: ‘We work far too hard crafting our jokes for them to be taken as fact.’ Photograph: The Onion

    When you’re scrolling through your Facebook news feed and you see a headline like “Pope Francis Declares Abortion Forgivable”, do you think it’s legitimate?

    What about: “Pope Francis Shocks World, Endorses Donald Trump for President”? Would you immediately know if it was a breaking story, fake news or satire? How?

    Since the US presidential election campaign in 2016, fake news – and we don’t accept Trump’s definition of fake news as anything he disagrees with – has become a real problem. It’s a problem for news organisations and for aggregators like

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