The Onion is an online and print satire magazine, although it isn't too far from the truth...life imitates art. Tina Bobe On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Jackson, Giovanna wrote: > I thought this was a joke. At first I was happy that the NEA was funded, no matter how, but the reactions listed are so over-the-top that I decided it must be a spoof. Does anyone know if The Onion is a viable news source -- it looks kind of like an online National Inquirer. > Giovanna Jackson > > Visual Resources Specialist > Ira Latour Visual Resources Collection > Dept. of Art & Art History, Ayres 205 > California State University, Chico > Chico, CA 95929-0820 > phone: 530 898-6878 > fax: 530 898-4171 > email: [log in to unmask] > > > > ---------- > > From: Paula Epstein > > Reply To: [log in to unmask] > > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 6:05 AM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] Article on NEA funding > > > > If you haven't had the opportunity to read this in the Onion it almost > > seems like it is from > > News of the Weird. > > > > PAULA > > > > > > http://www.theonion.com/onion3909/congress_approves.html > > > > -- > > PAULA EPSTEIN > > Co-ordinator of Library Outreach > > Columbia College Chicago > > 600 S. Michigan > > Chicago, IL 60605 > > 312 334-7353 > > > > [log in to unmask] > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] > > For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: > > http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html > > Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) > > to [log in to unmask] > > ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > > http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html > > Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask] > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] > For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: > http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html > Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) > to [log in to unmask] > ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html > Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask] > __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]