{"product_id":"the-onion-story-scott-dikkers-9781637747513","title":"The Onion Story: How a Band of Misfits, Dropouts, and Sad Sacks Built the World's Most Trusted News Source","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Onion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e's cofounder and longest-serving editor-in-chief Scott Dikkers regales readers with never-before-told anecdotes from the beloved satiric newsroom in this celebration of creativity, resilience, and the transformative power of jokes delivered in AP style.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this laugh-out-loud origin story of a world-renowned satirist and \"America's Finest News Source\" Scott Dikkers treats you to a rollicking trip through the 80s, 90s, and 00s, chronicling the inception, evolution, and success of \u003ci\u003eThe Onion\u003c\/i\u003e from his view at the helm. With his famous wit and wisdom Dikkers chronicles the paper's founding, run-ins with the law, scrapes with death, and raving-mad antics of its staff in chapters like: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e Childhood Trauma Mined for Cheap Laugh Hurriedly Collected Life Savings Invested Wisely Stop Put to All This Horseplay Award-winning Local Author Inspired, Drunk Look, Area Man on TV Office Internet Briefly Used for Work \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIf you've ever been duped into believing an \u003ci\u003eOnion\u003c\/i\u003e headline, or simply laughed to avoid crying at how closely its fake news articles resembled reality, get a first-person view from the mastermind himself of the publication's unparalleled legacy as the world's most trusted news source, celebrated for its fearless commitment to truth-telling under the guise of satire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Dikkers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1637747519\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781637747513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Matt Holt Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Scott Dikkers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46767415001343,"sku":"9781637747513","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_987e8ff3-582a-4015-9f5c-90ac5d66e734.jpg?v=1744169745","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-onion-story-scott-dikkers-9781637747513","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}