Letter Of Complaint To The Onion After Calling Quvenzhané The C-word

The Onion is a satirical, parodic news site, known for their 'hilarious' news about celebrities, politicians and ordinary everyday people. 

I liked their parody news reports, some were funny but the majority of them had 'try-hard' written all over it.

Cute little Quvenzhané Wallis attended The Oscars yesterday as the youngest ever Oscar nominee for her role as Hushpuppy in Beasts of the Southern Wild.

She's so adorable.

The Onion participated in the Oscar tweets (as expected) but a really distasteful tweet was send out amongst the other bad jokes: 

The Onion Twitter

How is it appropriate for anyone to make such a vile joke about a 9 year old girl? How is it appropriate for anyone to make such a joke about women anyway, regardless of their age?  

The Onion is in the business of making jokes but The Onion clearly doesn't realise that some things are funny and some things are definitely not funny. This joke is in such bad taste and it's a shame that a talented 9 year old girl has been subjected to such nasty treatment.

The Onion has since removed the tweet but hasn't yet formally apologised for it. 

I've decided to email The Onion. Their feedback email address is: publicfeedback@theonion.com

My letter:

Dear The Onion, 

On the night of Sunday February 24th 2013 at 10.42pm, a tweet was send out from the official 'The Onion' Twitter page. The tweet suggested that the youngest Oscar nominee Quvenzhané Wallis, is the C***-word. This was on the biggest night of Quvenzhané's life.

After a series of complaints on Twitter, the tweet was promptly removed. 

However, no official apology or acknowledgment of any wrong-doings has been issued.  

I understand that The Onion is a satirical news site but The Onion simply went too far when making that 'joke' about a 9 year old, talented actress. The joke was inappropriate and it would have also been inappropriate to be used against anyone regardless of age.  

It would be in The Onion's best interest to offer Quevenzhané Wallis an apology for the tweet but also to the individuals who have complained about this tweet. 

Yours sincerely,  

[name]