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.'"
Some background (Score:5, Informative)
The onion that will change the world (Score:5, Informative)
It is good to see how onions can change the world.
BBC has this story about the onion story http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/19620411 [bbc.co.uk]
Peter Glazebrook talking about his amazing onion: 'I should think it could feed a thousand people. It would certainly do for a lot of hotdogs.'
It is good to see how onions can change the world, even Iran. ;)
Re:For sure! (Score:5, Informative)
Errr, Glenn Beck hasn't worked for Fox News in over a year.
I live in China, don't watch Fox News (or any other American television channels), and even I am aware that Fox/NBC/CBS/ABC don't run straight news shows during prime time- they run them between 5 and 7 pm or 10 and 11:30 or so, depending on the time zone, because running news during their most profitable hours would put them out of business. So why is Fox News unserious for running commentary at the times when they can maximize profits with other programs just as their competitors do with Monday Night Football, Law & Order, The Simpsons, etc...?
Oh, wait, I misunderstand, you are comparing Fox News to MSNBC and CNN who run hard news with no shock-jocks during their prime time schedules like Hardball with Chris Matthews, The Rachel Maddow Show, PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton, Anderson Cooper 360, and Piers Morgan Tonight(*). Oh... wait... now I get it, you are saying that there is no serious news reported in the USA except for CNN Headline News! That's the ticket!
* I had to actually search for all those TV show names, if some of them aren't on the air anymore, my bad.
Re:What's next? (Score:2, Informative)
Seriously, several friends of mine from the UK actually thought Fox News was satire. They thought Fox and the Colbert Report were basically the same thing.
Re:For sure! (Score:5, Informative)
Few here will believe you. They're so biased against FoxNews (though few have actually watched it), that anything said in FoxNews' favor just flies over their little adolescent heads. They'd rather get their news from Jon Stewart (or worse, MTV).
People who get their news from the Daily Show are better informed than those who watch Fox News: http://publicmind.fdu.edu/2012/confirmed/ [fdu.edu].
Re:What's next? (Score:4, Informative)
At least the Onion is satire. The Sun (UK) printed a made up story about Japanese women being sold lambs made to look like poodles and wondering why they wouldn't eat dog food. Several other papers around the world picked it up and even the BBC repeated it.
Re:For sure! (Score:2, Informative)
After a new hours of Fox News i prefer jumping in front of the bandwagon...