Iran's News Agency Picks Up Onion Story 118
J053 writes "FARS, the Iranian news agency, ran a story about a Gallup poll which showed that 'the overwhelming majority of rural white Americans said they would rather vote for Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad than U.S. president Barack Obama.' '"I like him better," said West Virginia resident Dale Swiderski, who, along with 77 percent of rural Caucasian voters, confirmed he would much rather go to a baseball game or have a beer with Ahmadinejad.' Only problem was, it was a story from The Onion. Not only that, they took credit for it! The Onion responded by stating that 'Fars is a subsidiary and has been our Middle Eastern bureau since the mid 1980s.'"
What's next? (Score:5, Funny)
For sure! (Score:2, Funny)
They are trying to be the most reliable news source in Iran, after all.
[end sarcasm]
Re:Some background (Score:5, Funny)
Re:News for nerds... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What's next? (Score:4, Funny)
What's next? They're gonna steal fox news stories?
Come on! Even a senile pygmy macaque can tell that Fox is all satire.
Insha'Allah? (Score:5, Funny)
Revolutionary Guard: "Sir, we must expand our nuclear capabilities and wipe Israel off the map.
Ahmadinejad: "It's laminated you imbecile."
Revolutionary Guard: "Good point. About that uranium, sir."
Ahmadinejad: "Look, I'm sick of all this primitive uranium shit. The Americans have a giant bat named Bruce. Our uranium can't make bats that large. There's just no way. This,
Revolutionary Guard: "You know, Ahmy,
Ahmadinejad: "I've thought of it many times, but they speak Moldovan, and I really have great difficulty with it. I'm thinking more along the lines of Kalmykia. They have a great chess club there, and the Americans don't even know about it. Plus, Putin might be more inclined to visit us on holidays."
Revolutionary Guard: "A giant bat?"
Re:For sure! (Score:5, Funny)
Careful, that sounded dangerously close to not jumping on the bandwagon.