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Proof that the biggest country in the world is one of the stupidest

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UPDATED: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 01:38
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012 5:34 PM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up


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The online version of the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper appears to have fallen for a spoof by the US satirical website, The Onion.

The People's Daily ran a 55-page photo spread of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un after he was declared The Onion's Sexiest Man Alive for 2012.

He is shown riding horses, holding children and greeting his troops.

The spread is accompanied by tongue-in-cheek quotes from The Onion about the "Pyongyang-born heart-throb".

"With his devastatingly handsome, round face, his boyish charm, and his strong, sturdy frame, this Pyongyang-born heart-throb is every woman's dream come true," the People's Daily quotes The Onion as saying.

"Blessed with an air of power that masks an unmistakable cute, cuddly side, Kim made this newspaper's editorial board swoon with his impeccable fashion sense, chic short hairstyle and, of course, that famous smile."

"I wouldn't say I'm surprised," Onion editor Will Tracy told the BBC, responding to the People's Daily feature.

"I mean, this kind of thing has happened in different forms before, so it never totally takes us by surprise, although it's a total delight whenever it does happen."

The Onion, which ran its Sexiest Man Alive piece earlier in the month, had an update to its article on Tuesday.

"For more coverage," it wrote," please visit our friends at the People's Daily in China, a proud Communist subsidiary of The Onion, Inc. Exemplary reportage, comrades."

The Onion said previous winners of its Sexiest Man Alive prize included Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and US financial swindler Bernard Madoff, who is currently serving a 150-year prison sentence.

Two months ago, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency was forced to apologise after being taken in by a spoof news item from The Onion which declared rural Americans preferred Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to US President Barack Obama.

It quoted one fictional West Virginian resident as saying he would rather go to a baseball game with Mr Ahmadinejad because "he takes national defence seriously".



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20518929

Really? I mean, folks in the U.S. tend to uncritically believe what media and bloggers that meet their preconceptions say (Hi, Niki), but this seems extraordinarily dumb.

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012 6:24 PM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important


Hello,

I think it has happened on several occasions that an Onion spoof piece was picked up and carried by U.S. news media. I seem to recall the fake news making news more than once.

--Anthony


Note to Self:
Raptor - woman testifying about birth control is a slut (the term applies.)
Context: http://tinyurl.com/d6ozfej
Six - Wow, isn't Niki quite the CUNT? And, yes, I spell that in all caps....
http://tinyurl.com/bdjgbpe
Wulf - Niki is a stupid fucking bitch who should hurry up and die.
Context: http://tinyurl.com/afve3r9

“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.” -T. S. Szasz

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012 6:43 PM

WISHIMAY


Quote:

Originally posted by Geezer:
Really?



I blame Psy Gangnam. After THAT maybe they think anything CAN happen

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012 8:07 PM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT


So the Chinese don't understand the American culture and sense of humor. How well do WE understand the sense of humor of the Chinese? Or of anybody whose historic language is not English, and is not a product of the English culture?

And, BTW, you are wrong on your facts. China is not the "biggest" country in the world-- Russia probably was, and may still be. Canada and the USA are probably larger, off the top of my head, and probably Brazil. ( E-T-A: I just shecked. Brazil is Not bigger. The others are.)
China is probably the " most populous."


ETA again, because I'm honest-- USA is not bigger either. According to Wikipedia, the toppers are Russia, Antarctica, Canada, China, USA, Brazil.

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012 8:17 PM

RIONAEIRE

Beir bua agus beannacht


Funny :)

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012 8:19 PM

HERO


To be fair, he is the world's sexiest muppet.

H

Hero...must be right on all of this. ALL of the rest of us are wrong. Chrisisall, 2012

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012 1:32 AM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


Quote:

Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Hello,

I think it has happened on several occasions that an Onion spoof piece was picked up and carried by U.S. news media. I seem to recall the fake news making news more than once.

--Anthony


Note to Self:
Raptor - woman testifying about birth control is a slut (the term applies.)
Context: http://tinyurl.com/d6ozfej
Six - Wow, isn't Niki quite the CUNT? And, yes, I spell that in all caps....
http://tinyurl.com/bdjgbpe
Wulf - Niki is a stupid fucking bitch who should hurry up and die.
Context: http://tinyurl.com/afve3r9

“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.” -T. S. Szasz



I seem to remember some group of Republican legislators being taken in by an Onion article about an "abortion mega-mall" being built.

Does that make conservatives one of the stupidest groups in the world?



"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012 1:38 AM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


Oh, look - there's a whole website just for people who got punked by The Onion.

http://literallyunbelievable.org/



"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

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