http://www.theonion.com/articles/obama-not-ruling-out-us-military-action-in-congres,34946/?ref=auto
With most eyes recently on Crimea, the Middle East, and other unstable regions, the Obama administration has kept a watchful eye on Congress. The Administration recently announced that it will not hesitate to use military action to stabilize the situation in Congress. Sending in troops is the last but very possible resort, for Obama. Military officials from the Pentagon also commented, saying if such an attack were to be launched there would be the sufficient firepower from the ground and air would be present in a timely manner.
Obviously, the article from the Onion and the previous thoughts typed by the author of this blog post are satirical. This article in a very funny way attacks the polarized Congress, how Congress is so separated and cannot get anything done that the government must resort to extreme actions. Right-wing extremists, idealistic Democrats, poor leadership, and just stupidity and stubbornness are all part of the reason Congress is in such a disappointing situation. Just like Congress only focuses on the side that looks best, the media does so as well. With liberal media like MSNBC and conservative media like FOX News, satirical media has no choice to pick a side. But satire has a profound effect, it gets the audience to think about the severity or importance of an event, and it has done no different in this case.
Outstanding work Aram! I admire the way the explanation of how the news article is satirical, because in this society it takes one person to believe the news and rumors begin to spread becoming the truth. Many people laugh at the title of the blog, and while reading it the blog becomes even funnier. A job well done Aram!
ReplyDeleteMaybe using violence will do the trick after all! All jokes aside, phenomenal work, Aram! I commend you for not only summarizing the article in a short, sweet manner, but also devoting the majority of the article to simply decoding the satire. I would have to agree on the fact that media is completely biased based on the owner of the channel and benefactors of the company/families which own it. We live in a corrupt world, satire is our only way out.
ReplyDeleteMany satire articles are not very believable and do not seem to revolve around a believable topic. This is one of the many reasons why articles like these are funny yet tasteful. This topic in particular is very clever, even including statements from the pentagon on how quickly air and ground firepower would be present at Congress. The onion was able to take a terrible situation for congress, and turn it into a hilarious article for the people.
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