feeling listless

Journalism I hardly ever visit the satire area of 'The Onion' -- like 'The Simpsons' it's a cultural phenomina I've been unable to follow too well. Still it's hard to feel some simpathy when someone like The Online Journalism Review writes something like this: "Normally, I'm one of the many who finds the Onion riotously funny. But when it came to the attacks, something seemed off. Sure, the Onion got off some amusing digs, but overall it seemed to lack punch. It preached instead of entertained; it showed us a world we already knew instead of its own off-kilter version of it."