CNN Editor Responds to The Onion’s Brutal Miley Cyrus-Themed Take Down

On a day when Miley Cyrus’ disturbing twerking performance at the MTV Video Music Awards dominated every corner of the internet–including this one—The Onion delivered the ultimate media criticism satire with this fake op-ed by CNN.com’s very real managing editor Meredith Artley. Titled, “Let Me Explain Why Miley Cyrus’ VMA Performance Was Our Top Story This Morning,” the piece laid out the very practical, probably accurate reasons why CNN and so many other website dedicated so much real estate to Cyrus. And now, Artley herself has responded on Twitter.

Artley tweeted a link to the piece shortly after it was posted, informing her followers that she was not the real author but is taking full responsibility for giving the Cyrus performance so much play on CNN.com.

The rest of her comments on the piece mostly came in responses to inquiries from colleagues, fans and detractors, at one point confirming that the Cyrus story, which now has more than 13,000 comments on CNN’s website, was the most-trafficked article of the day. She also indicated that she’s taking the mockery in stride and has no plans for legal action against The Onion.

CNN may have plenty of struggles these days, but at least it has an online editor who knows how to take a joke.

[h/t UPROXX] | [photo via CNN]

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