To help promote the Ricky Gervais–Eric Bana Netflix comedy feature Special Correspondents, The Onion has cranked out a pair of short posts sponsored by the streaming network. Unfortunately, the April 29 and May 5 entries are about as clever as the film.
We get it; these are ads, not sterling Onion content. Still, there’s no reason “Journalism Style Tips” should twice and consecutively make the same general joke about reporters using profanity (there are five jokes, total) or end with a punchline that makes little sense in this digital age.
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