{"id":5225,"date":"2017-11-07T21:58:42","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T21:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=5225"},"modified":"2017-11-07T21:58:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T21:58:42","slug":"de-speld-the-dutch-onion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/de-speld-the-dutch-onion\/","title":{"rendered":"De Speld – The Dutch Onion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well-known for its satirical take on reality, The Onion has established itself all as a source of highly unreliable but very funny “news”. It is not the only outlet of its kind, however. There are numerous others, including in the Netherlands. Here, we have\u00a0De Speld<\/em> (The Pin).<\/p>\n

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The pin (Image from Pixabay).<\/p><\/div>\n

In 2007, just before the\u00a0kredietcrisis\u00a0<\/em>(credit crisis), the satirical website was founded by Melle van den Berg and Jochem van den Berg – who are not related, actually! The online magazine quickly gained attention, and even won some awards for its work.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, the “news” is taken seriously, and that might be problematic. It appears that the articles have become less believable over the years, perhaps to widen the gap between truth and satire.<\/p>\n

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De Speld<\/em> also launched a video channel, where they post satirical videos. One video I still remember well is from 2012, a campaign spot for the\u00a0Partij Tegen De Burger\u00a0<\/em>(Party against the Citizen):<\/p>\n