‘Onion News Network’ is a relentless half-hour of bludgeoning graphics, hyperbole and anxiety

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The IFC show, which debuts tonight, has “a little of Fox’s burnished aggression, a little of CNN’s high-gloss dispassion and HLN’s high-speed news buffet, even a nod to MSNBC’s ubiquitous prison documentaries,” writes James Poniewozik. “Some sketches drag – on TV, unlike online, you can’t skim – and the funniest bits are often in the throwaway graphics and background visuals.”