(Fast Company) — “I think people turn to us in part because legitimate news has become so absurd that it’s often hard to tell the difference,” said Baratunde Thurston during a hilarious and enlightening talk at Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business event last week. Thurston, The Onion’s digital director and No. 49 on our list, said he believes viewers are growing skeptical and tired of the melodramatic coverage now common on cable news. “[There's] something happening with the lack of trust in legitimate news,” he said.
