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On Dec. 14, 2021, The Onion published an article stating that online retail giant Amazon had fired warehouse employees for not clocking out after a deadly tornado destroyed a distribution center in Edwardsville, Illinois, killing six workers. The article poked fun at the mega-corporation after reports that workers at the facility in Edwardsville weren't allowed to leave as historically-destructive tornados bore down on them on Dec. 10, 2021: This item was not a factual recounting of real-life events. The article originated with a publication with a long history of satirizing news. The Onion's About page reads: The Onion uses invented names in all of its stories, except in cases where public figures are being satirized. Any other use of real names is accidental and coincidental. The Onion is not intended for readers under 18 years of age. For background, here is why we sometimes write about satire/humor.
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