The New York Times and The Onion

The New York Times and The Onion very much function as a press sphere. The internet has allowed The Onion to join the press sphere. The Onion provides a unique presentation of stories people are interested in. Though the stories on The Onion may not be true and are presented in a satirical manor, but it still provides the reader with the news. It can sometimes be good to see some of the extremes in a story to better understand how some people may see something as a negative or how something may not even be plausible. At the same time, while The Onion may create false facts about a story to blow it out of proportion, this can interest the reader to find out a more factual account. The New York times then provide the reader with this factual account. They both generate interest in each other with one providing mostly entertainment about news stories and the other truthful stories. Without the traditional news bringing in new stories, The Onion would have little to write about because a majority of its stories are based off current events. These are only a couple of the endless sources in the press sphere. People still get to choose if these are the press sources they want to follow. They both provide very different presentations to many of the same stories that can spark different reactions and thinking about a news story. They both feed off each other, which was Jarvis’ idea of a news ecology.