I’m a little surprised at the furor over the fake news video posted by comedy site The Onion:
Shawn Johnson Put To Sleep After Breaking Leg
By Onion standards, it was only medium offensive. If you are easily irked, there’s no way you should ever read anything posted by The Onion.
Personally, I think the world would be less rich without the Onion. They are cutting edge social satire as insightful as the Colbert Report.
And, as Steve Martin famously said: “Comedy is not pretty.”
Comedy that is not edgy, is not funny.
So far, I’m in the minority, it seems.
About.com Gymnastics is taking a poll:
Click through to add your vote: The Onion: Shawn Johnson Joke
This site is all about keeping coaches up-to-date on what’s happening. It would have been a mistake, I feel, not to post that video on Gymnastics Coaching. You should see it, if only to be an informed critic.
==== UPDATE:
Shawn’s agent said, “No comment.”
Shawn herself laughed it off:
“Oh and, look, I’m still racing around the world even after they tried to put me down,” she (@ShawneyJ) Tweeted. “Ha, ha. And my leg has healed quite nicely too! Gotta love the ONION!”
I saw this posted by Inside Gymnastics on Facebook.
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