Former 'Onion' Editor On Why We Need Satire

NPR | By Joe Randazzo

Published January 9, 2015 at 4:36 PM EST

Former Onion editor Joe Randazzo reacts to the attack of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo this week.

A version of this essay originally appeared on MSNBC.com.

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