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Former 'Onion' Editor On Why We Need Satire

By Joe Randazzo
Published January 9, 2015 at 1:36 PM PST

Former Onion editor Joe Randazzo reacts to the attack of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo this week.

A version of this essay originally appeared on MSNBC.com.

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