Onion scoops AP

The Onion headline, Dec 7 2005: Rest of U2 perfectly fine with Africans starving:

Rock band U2, currently on tour in North America, is well-known for its human-rights advocacy, particularly its ongoing campaign to eradicate poverty in Africa. Less known to fans of the Irish supergroup, however, is that the lion’s share of these efforts are made by lead singer Bono. The three other U2 members are perfectly okay with the dismal plight of Africa’s poor.

AP Entertainment headline, Jan 1 2006: Campaign irks Bono’s bandmates:

Rock star Bono said yesterday that his commitment to campaigning against poverty caused tensions within U2.

The musician said that at one point he feared his commitment to the anti-poverty cause might force him out of the band.

“They are hugely supportive spiritually and financially of the work I do, but they are in a rock ‘n’ roll band, and the first job of a rock ‘n’ roll band is not to be dull,” Bono told British Broadcasting Corp. radio.

“So we have to be very careful about just letting me go too far.”

The line between news and parody has perhaps never been fuzzier.