The Onion weighs in

This is awesome, the Onion decided to do a "man-on-the-street" interview story about the Gannett furloughs. 

The best response comes from Rex Kelley, who says: "Great. Let's just tell all the world leaders, terrorists, scientists, executives, artists, athletes, celebrities and people of local interest to take the week off too, so we don't have to worry about missing any news. Although, that would kind of be a news story in itself. This is turning into quite a pickle."