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08-03-2011, 07:55 PM
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That was great.I almost soiled my pants laughing so loud
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08-03-2011, 08:09 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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 You mean it's a spoof?
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08-04-2011, 11:56 AM
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Can't be true. Uncle Ben is to busy oiling up the printing press to go bar hopping. Also has to come up with a new name for QE 3.Real estate bubbles are popping all over the globe. Europe is imploding. Is it true he created 16 trillion last time around and lent it to foreign banks? Hard for me to get my head around that one. Interesting times ahead. I'm heading for the bar.
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08-04-2011, 12:56 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Given the stock market's latest decline, maybe they don't realize it's satire?
TJ
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08-04-2011, 01:10 PM
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gone traveling
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Location: Portland
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So I am a bit curious how this is not considered libel?
Is it just because he is a public figure? Could I post an article stating I saw Obama with a prostitute and not worry about libel?
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08-04-2011, 01:29 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Dora, The Onion is satirical. No one is immune from their barbs, liberal or conservative, politician or public figure. It is recognized as humor. Take a look around the site.
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08-04-2011, 01:59 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by okapi
That was great.I almost soiled my pants laughing so loud
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Whattaya mean almost? 
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Originally Posted by wolfbay
Can't be true. Uncle Ben is to busy oiling up the printing press to go bar hopping. Also has to come up with a new name for QE 3.Real estate bubbles are popping all over the globe. Europe is imploding. Is it true he created 16 trillion last time around and lent it to foreign banks? Hard for me to get my head around that one. Interesting times ahead. I'm heading for the bar.
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The FRB has its own private bar...
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08-04-2011, 02:02 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DoraM
So I am a bit curious how this is not considered libel?
Is it just because he is a public figure? Could I post an article stating I saw Obama with a prostitute and not worry about libel?
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Satire is generally considered to be protected speech and immune to libel suits -- especially when no "reasonable person" would actually believe something in the Onion is true.
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08-04-2011, 02:20 PM
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gone traveling
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ziggy29
Satire is generally considered to be protected speech and immune to libel suits -- especially when no "reasonable person" would actually believe something in the Onion is true.
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Ah ok. I was just curious. I did find the article amusing, but was a little shocked at how detailed they made it.
I would not do this type of satire in Italy...just saying...
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08-04-2011, 02:42 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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After today's 500 point crash, I am beginning to think that the Fed leaked the story to the Onion.
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08-04-2011, 02:56 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DoraM
Ah ok. I was just curious. I did find the article amusing, but was a little shocked at how detailed they made it.
I would not do this type of satire in Italy...just saying...
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Italian law may very well not protect satire in the same way as U.S. law does. I certainly wouldn't assume it.
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08-04-2011, 03:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by clifp
After today's 500 point crash, I am beginning to think that the Fed leaked the story to the Onion.
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Another reason they deserve the Pulitzer.
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