Onion Criticized for Oscars Tweet About Nine Year Old Actress

Deleted it after an hour

Reason Staff | 2.25.2013 9:24 AM

The Onion is under fire.

While the top awards were being handed out Sunday at the 85th Oscars, the satirical news organization sent out a message on its official Twitter account calling 9-year-old best actress nominee Quvenzhane Wallis the C-word.

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Onion Criticized for Oscars Tweet About Nine Year Old Actress

Deleted it after an hour

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