onion, china s communist newspaper apparently didn t know it was a joke. today the peoples daily online site published the headline, north korea s top leader named the onion s sexiest man alive for 2012 along with a 55-picture slide show. those are the things we thought you should know. there are american journalists who thought the onion was real. time for the news nation gut check, the half in two and a half men was slamming his own show telling people not to watch it. he has played jake on the show for nearly ten years. he makes $350,000 an episode. he was at one point the highest paid child actor on television. in a new video shot in his production trailer and put online by a church, he calls the show filth. if you watch two and a half men, please stop watching two and a half men.