The Onion predicted Time's new Ted Cruz cover a year ago

The Onion knew Ted Cruz would grace the cover of Time a year ago.
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The Onion knew Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) would be on a Time cover before Time did. Way back in March 2015, the satirical site predicted that "sooner or later" we would be seeing an "inevitable issue featuring a close-up of Ted Cruz's face." This week, that prophecy was actualized:

While the details of the Cruz shot were spot-on, The Onion was a little less prescient when it came to the headline. Rather than dubbing Cruz "The Game Changer" or "The Firebrand," Time instead went with "Likable Enough?"

Of course, The Onion didn't miss the chance to give a comment to Time on its news prediction capabilities:

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"The customarily precise reporting in this article once again proved why The Onion is the most accurate, most trusted, and most infallible publication humankind has ever known. We are committed to providing our 12 billion readers in over 500 countries with disturbingly comprehensive news coverage and upholding the very highest standards of journalistic excellence that all other lesser publications — such as your own — have long since abandoned. We look forward in the weeks and months ahead to subsuming your publication’s market share and draining whatever relevance it may still possess." [Time]

Here's hoping some of The Onion's latest headlines — including "Hillary Clinton Appears Before Rally Completely Nude In Bid For Authenticity" and "Vanilla Shortage Could Raise Ice Cream Prices" — don't prove similarly prophetic.

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