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The Onion's original post-9/11 issue (web.archive.org)
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An oral history of The Onion's 9/11 Issue

What the front page looked like

The most iconic story

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[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

It's kind of amazing they were bold enough to make 9/11 jokes so soon afterwards. The country truly went blind with "patriotic" rage, and I guess the Onion writers weren't afraid of that bullshit.