{"id":874,"date":"2009-03-25T16:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-25T16:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/03\/ah-travel.html"},"modified":"2009-03-25T16:21:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-25T16:21:00","slug":"ah-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/03\/ah-travel.html","title":{"rendered":"Ah, travel!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times reported <a href=\"http:\/\/thelede.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/03\/25\/former-cnn-anchor-moves-to-the-onion\/?hp\">the surprising (shocking?) news<\/a> that former CNN anchor Bobbie Battista is now anchoring faux news on The Onion (it would be much funnier if it were faux news on FOX, but I digress&#8230;)    <\/p>\n<p>If you want to see Bobbie&#8217;s handiwork, watch below.  <\/p>\n<p>Personally, I think this is a step up.   <\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"430\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content\/themes\/common\/assets\/onn_embed\/embedded_player.swf?image=http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content\/files\/images\/KAFKA_AIRPORT_article.jpg&#038;videoid=94031&#038;title=Prague%27s%20Franz%20Kafka%20International%20Named%20World%27s%20Most%20Alienating%20Airport\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content\/themes\/common\/assets\/onn_embed\/embedded_player.swf\"type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"480\" height=\"430\"flashvars=\"image=http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content\/files\/images\/KAFKA_AIRPORT_article.jpg&#038;videoid=94031&#038;title=Prague%27s%20Franz%20Kafka%20International%20Named%20World%27s%20Most%20Alienating%20Airport\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content\/video\/kafka_airport_bookend?utm_source=twittershare&#038;utm_medium=twitter\">Prague&#8217;s Franz Kafka International Named World&#8217;s Most Alienating Airport<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times reported the surprising (shocking?) news that former CNN anchor Bobbie Battista is now anchoring faux news on The Onion (it would be much funnier if it were faux news on FOX, but I digress&#8230;) If you want to see Bobbie&#8217;s handiwork, watch below. 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