Plus the mainstream media do not cover the local news at the granular scale that Onion does. Thanks to dedicated Onion journalists, we can read and share relevant US news. Just the other day they had an outstanding coverage on how the Scientists unanimously agreed that Earth was at the most boring side of the Universe where no actions were happening. Even boring Andromeda had more action than our drab Solar system. They don't win the Peabody every year for nothing. It's amazing why more people don't read from Onion.