Onion nails it again

Clay over at Copy Massage points to a subtly hilarioius Onion piece that riffs on the hysterical coverage of media watchdog groups like FAIR:

Media criticized for biased hometown sports reporting

“In our extensive study of the nation’s sports sections and broadcasts, we documented countless examples of shamelessly one-sided reporting, obvious speculation, and bald editorializing masquerading as journalism,” FAIR spokesman Scott Wilborough said. “Coverage was heavily, sometimes brazenly, weighted toward the teams from a media source’s own area. To look at the data, you would almost think that sports journalists aren’t held to the same standards as other reporters.”