futurejournalismproject:

Why are more Americans turning to fake news sources like ‘The Daily Show’ and ‘The Colbert Report,’ as well as satirical rag ‘The Onion?’

At the Fast Company Most Creative People in Business event last week, Onion editor Baratunde Thurston said that today’s real news is farcical, and the lack of trust is so great that the audience has decided to cut out the middle man (aka the mainstream media), and go straight to the source.