I have a suggestion, since the Onion headlines are misleading in the extreme, could

[shraby]

whoever wants to post the Onion, please put (Onion) in the headline..for those looking for bad headlines from du, the Onion is fertile ground.
Identified as such might slow them down.

[PDJane]

1. Good plan, and I'd appreciate it too.

[Laurajr]

2. Thank you...That would be nice

[Tx4obama]

3. I agree. Someone just posted one in Politics2012

The subject line looked legit, but it ended up being from The Onion.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251138289

[FLyellowdog]

4. 1000% agree. nt

[faith woos science]

5. ;)

check the link it says theonion

http://www.theonion.com/articles/security-removes-bidens-rowdy-buddies-from-auditor,29880/

[shraby]

7. I know the link says the onion, but the headline does not.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

6. Is the Onion losing a little bit of its funny?

Maybe I'm losing a little bit of mine.

[Denzil_DC]

8. I agree. I'd appreciate that for ANY satirical post, especially at this stage in the election.

apart from the overall impression you mention, there's a risk that some people won't read too closely and will fall for a tall tale and spread it around and embarrass themselves (it's happened before). It wastes my time as I'm looking for useful information I can register or pass on or maybe blog about. If I want a laugh, I can usually find one.

[cthulu2016]

9. I have a suggestion - this belongs in Meta

[aletier_v]

10. I disagree. I don't think Onion posts are any shocking than

Nate Silver's polls!

[MrScorpio]

11. Nope, I love to see them posted without caveats

It makes life that much more interesting