Halle Berry (center) poses with Quenzhane Wallis (left) at the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood Feb. 24, 2013 (Reuters)

The Onion's vile Quvenzhané Wallis tweet

Really? The satirical paper hits a very strange note in calling a 9-year-old the "c-word" -- then backtracks

UPDATED: The Onion has since deleted this tweet from its account.

David Daley is the author of "Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back to Save Democracy" and a senior fellow at FairVote.

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