Satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity and vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
The Onion is a satire because it uses humorous stories to get points across about different things going on in our country. It used a story on an asphyxiated masturbater to emphasize the degradation of the Christmas season, and humorous titles about Bush being gay to emphasize the ending of his term.
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