Datelined from the Syrian capital of Damascus, it opens: The attack appears to have been in response to an only partially satirical Onion essay, written by a fake Bashar al-Assad, that carried the headline, “Hi, In The Past 2 Years, You Have Allowed Me To Kill 70,000 People.”įollowing the tried-and-true rule of not letting a heckler have the last word, The Onion responded with a story about the attack.
“UN retracts report of Syrian chemical weapon use: Lab tests confirm it is Jihadi body odor,” one message said, according to a report by the New York Times.
The satire news site, known best for occasionally confusing other media organizations and public people who aren’t in on the joke, has, in a sinister way, been subjected to a taste of its own medicine. The Syrian Electronic Army, the pro-Assad propaganda group known for attacking Twitter accounts operated by numerous Western media outlets including National Public Radio, the BBC, CBS, the Associated Press and numerous others, has notched another paragon of journalistic virtue on its belt: The Onion.
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