The Onion will skewer Vice with its new mockumentary series

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Following the success of its BuzzFeed parody site, Clickhole, satirical media organization The Onion has now set its sights on another trendy publisher worthy of mocking — Vice. On Aug. 3, The Onion will debut EDGE, its comedic take on Vice's popular HBO news series.

"Vice is wrought with a distinct self-confidence, which of course gets our writers salivating," The Onion's vice president of production, George Zwierzynski Jr, told The Hollywood Reporter. "The Onion team is highly competitive when it comes to other companies and publishers, so it's only natural we would take a stab at Vice as a whole."

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.