cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/64519913
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s staff cut off a USA Today interview question about the grossest food he has ever eaten, moments after he admitted eating “stuff I find on the street.”
“…I will literally eat anything… I don’t have a gag reflex,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Chambers. “When I travel, I’ll eat, you know, even stuff I find on the street, you know, street vendors, cooking.”
“Like, is there stuff that you’ve eaten that people are like, wow. You ate that,” Chambers asked.
“You mean, like, something gross? Or?” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. replied.
“Yes. Maybe gross for others. Yeah. Not for you,” Chambers said.
“I’m getting a signal not to answer that question,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said, shutting down the line of questioning.
But this is nottheonion. I think it belongs here.
No, nottheonion is for true stories that sound legitimately ridiculous. This headline is blatantly misrepresenting reality, which is way more “onion” than “not.”
The Onion wouldn’t take some information like ‘Politician eats streetfood’ and turn it into ‘Politician eats food he found on the street’, The Onion is above that.