One of these two stories is real news. The other’s from The Onion. I’ll give you the headline and the paragraph. You decide which is real.
One: Struggling Blockbuster Eliminates Rental Fees
Blockbuster, the flagging video-store giant that has recently resorted to eliminating late fees and waiving replacement fines for lost or damaged movies, announced Monday that it would also be doing away with its long-standing rental charges in an attempt to stay competitive in the ever-changing home-video business.
Two: Blockbuster gives free rentals to Netflix users
Blockbuster has launched a new promotion to attract Netflix users to its DVDs-by-mail service: give them free in-store movies. Through December 21, Netflix users can bring in the address flaps off their mailers and exchange them for a free rental at any local Blockbuster store.