Onion

My story that i read from the onion was about Alex Rodriguez and his decision to opt out of his contract with the yankees, trying to get more than 25 million dollars that he was scheduled to make in 2008. The story was a satire on the money hungry pro athletes in America and how many of the athletes only care about money, when other people would kill to do something they love for half of the money. The world series was going on and all anyone could talk about was how much money a-rod wanted and if he was going to stay a yankee or not. I like the way that the onion can take a real story and put a satirical spin on it. The "real"news now is so skewed that its nice to have a fresh look at things through a non serious eye. The comedy element in news, also seen in shows like the Colbert Report and The Daily Show, allows americans an escape from the everyday views of the media and the government which is forced upon us all. The problem with things like this are some people only get their information from these "fake"news stories, and that is a problem. If people only get their information from those sources, this can be problematic in the fact that people are misinformed on the real issues and the real problems going on in our world today.