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Your favorite hometown newspaper just got its claim to fame. Well, sort of.
The Onion , the popular digital media company known for its satirical articles, posted a phoney story throwing shade at yours truly, The Cincinnati Enquirer. It also subtly poked fun at the golf team for Saint Ursula Academy , an all-girls Catholic High School in East Walnut Hills.
The headline, which was displayed front and center on the platform's home page Wednesday afternoon, reads: "Woman Wastes Free Monthly Cincinnati.com Article On Story About High School Golf Team."
This fictional woman, named Margaret Cross, chose to read the article because she had a family member on Saint Ursula's squad. But the Onion claims it was one of her few free articles for the month.
"Now, because of that one absentminded click, there are all kinds of fun Cincinnati happenings I won’t be able to read about," Cross said in the bogus quote.
The outlet stated Cross "carelessly squandered her limited chances to access the hottest news from Cincinnati.com and might now be the last of her neighbors to know about the closing of a nearby Red Lobster or any local car accidents."
"Do I seriously have to wait a whole month before I can read this feature on Greater Cincinnati’s craft brewing scene? It isn’t fair! The worst part is that Parker wasn’t even mentioned in that golf article, because it turns out she plays for the JV team," Cross said (but not really).
The story then ended by saying the articles Cross "most wanted to read on Cincinnati.com were free," as they were "advertisements placed by Taboola."
Congrats! The Onion actually got some things right
Sure, the Onion actually got some facts correct. Yes, there is a school called Saint Ursula here, and yes, it has a golf team. Cincinnati is also known for its top-notch breweries .
But maybe it should have done a little more research.
Surprise, surprise. It got facts wrong
For example, the story's dateline says the reporting is taking place in the local suburb of Norwood, but the photo is of a woman on a subway.
We don't have a running subway , y'all.
Red Lobster also hasn't closed any Cincinnati locations recently, because the Queen City loves its food. And in the Onion's X/Twitter post about the article, it laughably spelled Cincinnati wrong. (It's two Ns, one T.)
The most glaring error of all, though, is that Cincinnati.com does not place a limit on the number of free articles readers can visit in a month. This article you're reading is free. And here, click this one . It's free, too. So is this one , and this one .
Yes, there are some premium stories that go behind a paywall, but a good portion of our content is free to access with no daily, monthly or yearly limit.
Nice try, Onion.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: The Onion, known for its fake content, shades The Enquirer, a local golf team
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