The Onion Totally Hearts TechCrunch
Anthony Ha is a writer at TechCrunch, where he covers media, advertising, and startups. Previously, he was a staff technology writer at Adweek, worked as a senior editor at the tech blog VentureBeat, and was also a reporter at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing.... ? Learn More You guys! You guys! TechCrunch totally got mentioned in The Onion! It’s been a pretty one-sided relationship until now, with the fabled satirical newspaper remaining aloof despite several overtures on our end. It’s almost like The Onion staff thought it was totally cooler than us. Not today, though. Today, we’re the stars of this post about the new “Basmati” smartphone from Uncle Ben’s. (Note: That’s not a real smartphone.) Granted, we’re not in the headline, or in the first couple of paragraphs, but once paragraph five starts, we are on it : “As first reported by TechCrunch and the USA Rice Council, the Basm...