The Onion Under Fire for Calling Quvenzhane Wallis the C-Word

[Will E Worm]

Oscars: The Onion Under Fire for Calling Quvenzhane Wallis the C-Word

The Onion is under fire.

While the top awards were being handed out Sunday at the 85th Oscars, the satirical news organization sent out a message on its official Twitter account calling 9-year-old best actress nominee Quvenzhane Wallis the C-word.


The tweet, sent out around 8:42 p.m. PST, quickly made the rounds on the social media website. An hour later, the offending message was deleted from The Onion's feed. CEO Steve Hannah issued an apology Monday morning.

There was outcry, with many deeming it inappropriate and a cheap dig. Treme and The Wire actor Wendell Pierce called out The Onion, tweeting: "Identify the writer. Let him defend that abhorrent verbal attack of a child. You call it humor I call it horrendous."

Wrote Yahoo! Canada's Greg Hughes: "The Onion made a pretty significant faux pas tonight on Quvenzhane Wallis. They deleted the tweet, but the Internet doesn't ever forget."

"Tonight @TheOnion behaved more like a 9yo than Quvenzhane Wallis, posting a tweet just to get attention. Well you've got it. Now what?" tweeted a user named Miss Lori.

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Twitter user John Jones wrote: "Comedians usually stick to their guns, right or wrong. Pretty telling that the Onion pulled their tweet about young Quvenzhane Wallis..."

Elizabeth Hawksworth tweeted: "Quvenzhane Wallis is a nine year old woman of colour. Let's let what @TheOnion did sink in and remember that Dakota Fanning never had this."

In his apology, Hannah said the tweet "was crude and offensive -- not to mention inconsistent with The Onion’s commitment to parody and satire, however biting. No person should be subjected to such a senseless, humorless comment masquerading as satire." He also noted that the group has "instituted new and tighter Twitter procedures to ensure that this kind of mistake does not occur again."

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The Onion thought the C word would be okay, but saying the N word would not be okay?


The Onion is trying to be too outrageous. If this is the best they can come up with, their days are numbered.

This isn't funny, just like their Columbine "jokes" weren't funny. Pushing the envelope is a bad thing.

 

[lurkingdirk]

their days are numbered.

:1orglaugh

You're cute. The Onion's days are not numbered. Just like the U.S. hasn't turned into a war zone under President Obama's regime. Just like the U.S. hasn't become an economically depressed country under President Obama. Just like every conspiracy theory you believe doesn't come true.

It's fun to watch you make a fool of yourself.

The Onion was wrong to tweet this. They deleted it. There will be almost NO attention given to this, and The Onion will continue to do exactly what they've been doing for ages. Sorry you found this to be offensive. Your opinion that their days are numbered is not a fact.

Feel free to call me a troll. However, I responded directly to the point of this thread, and I called out your beliefs. That's not trolling.

 

[Will E Worm]

The Onion's days are not numbered.

Could be. No one knows.

It's fun to watch you make a fool of yourself.

No, that is what you do, to yourself troll.

There will be almost NO attention given to this

If there's no attention to this then they should have just left the tweet up and not addressed this at all.

 

[Straight Shooter]

Why is this in the politics section? please move

 

[lurkingdirk]

Could be. No one knows.

No, that is what you do, to yourself troll.

If there's no attention to this then they should have just left the tweet up and not addressed this at all.

No one knows. But I'll say with confidence, The Onion's days are not numbered. They'll be around for ages. You can quote me.

I have never once been called foolish here, actually. You, on the other hand, are often called foolish. Because you are. It's so easy to get you to look foolish, I'm actually just going to refer to you as "fool" henceforth.

They took it down because they agreed with others that it was a bad idea. That's the end of it. You think this is going to go national? The president is going to make a statement? The Republicans, Tea Party, Libertarians, or anyone else is going to issue a press release about this? No. They're not. This is done and done. You're bringing it up because you hate the Onion, and you like to state your opinions, like "their days are numbered" as though they are facts.

They're not facts. You're a fool. It must be very difficult for you to get to sleep at night, knowing you're as foolish as you are. Unless you don't know, in which case I should probably apologise, because then you must be autistic or retarded.

 

[Elwood70]

"The C-word"?

You know you can say "cunt" on this board, right?

...and as long as it's done properly in context (not directed at a specific member).

 

[Will E Worm]

BLAH BLAH BLAH


:dotdot:

:troll:

They took it down because they agreed with others that it was a bad idea.

No, they should not have taken it down. As you said it's not really bad and no one will pay attention.

 

[lurkingdirk]

BLAH BLAH BLAH


:dotdot:

:troll:





No, they should not have taken it down. As you said it's not really bad and no one will pay attention.

Okay, don't actually respond to the salient points in my post. It's what we expect of you, as you're foolish. Or retarded. The jury is still out on that one. However, you criticized them on this post, and now you said they should not have taken it down? That doesn't make sense. Let me put it into bullet points for your tiny mind:

Will: The Onion posted something terrible. It was awful. They shouldn't have posted it.
Will: The Onion took down what they posted because they agreed that they shouldn't have posted it. What a bunch of bastards.

You're very foolish. It's fun poking at you, because you always take the bait.

Also, I'm not trolling. I'm responding directly to your stated point. That's not trolling. You think it is trolling because I don't agree with you. That just makes you foolish.

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

:1orglaugh

You're cute. The Onion's days are not numbered. Just like the U.S. hasn't turned into a war zone under President Obama's regime.

AHA! So you're finally willing to admit it is a Reptillian, Socialist, Kenyan dictatorship. I fucking knew you'd come around, you silly twunt.

 

[TheSpokenWheel]

Could be. No one knows.

Didn't you just say they were numbered?

Seriously, this was a bad joke, but nobody should really care, and no one really does other than people that need to be upset about something. The Onion's days are not numbered, and this proves it, because they are still succeeding at what they aim to do, and what they've always done: Making reasonable people laugh, and making people that want to raise a fuss look like idiots.

 

[xfire]

Didn't you just say they were numbered?

He did, and he looks rather foolish.

 

[Rattrap]

They're not facts. You're a fool. It must be very difficult for you to get to sleep at night, knowing you're as foolish as you are. Unless you don't know, in which case I should probably apologise, because then you must be autistic or retarded.

Autistic is a possibility. I was voting sociopath for a while, but it's tough to narrow it down. Now I'm thinking Schizophrenia:

According to the revised fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), to be diagnosed with schizophrenia, three diagnostic criteria must be met:
1. Characteristic symptoms: Two or more of the following, each present for much of the time during a one-month period (or less, if symptoms remitted with treatment).

[*]Delusions
[...]

[*]Negative symptoms: Blunted affect (lack or decline in emotional response)
[...]
2. Social or occupational dysfunction
[...]
3.Significant duration

Sound familiar, no? In any case, I think Will's too consistent with his inconsistencies to be chalked up to just dumb alone.

 

[Will E Worm]

I'm not trolling.

You are.


Dirk hates black people.


Defending the Onion and their obvious racist comment makes you a racist.











:tongue:

 

[STDiva]

Did anybody notice the entire theme of the Academy Awards seemed to be to degrade women? The Onion is a satirical website and made a satirical tweet about the media's double standard with women.

Also, this isn't a race issue. So get your racist accusations the fuck outta here.

 

[lurkingdirk]

You are.


Dirk hates black people.


Defending the Onion and their obvious racist comment makes you a racist.











:tongue:

I'm responding directly to your posts, providing information and reaction that is carefully worded and thought out. That's not trolling. Also, this is not a matter of racism, but of sexism. Are you unable to process that? Finally, I did not once defend the tweet from the Onion. In fact, I said they were wrong to post it. Your reading comprehension is very weak, isn't it?

Very foolish is how you look.

 

[bobjustbob]

Dirk you foolish cunt. Don't you know better than to respond to Willie Worms political posts? But I will defend you on other accusations, Your hatred towards Asians with small dick complex should in no way be confused with hating Blacks.

 

[Straight Shooter]

She is a cunt. She kept flexing every time the camera was on her. There I said it, what are you going to do?

 

[Will E Worm]

Dirk you foolish cunt. Don't you know better than to respond to Will E Worm's political posts? But I will defend you on other accusations, Your hatred towards Asians with small dick complex should in no way be confused with hating Blacks.

He shouldn't comment to me at all. He does look foolish.

She is a cunt. She kept flexing every time the camera was on her. There I said it, what are you going to do?

You are a sad racist.