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Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
edited October 2012 in A Moving Train
:lol::lol::lol: Title explains itself. :lol::lol::lol:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/ir ... 54413.html

Iranian news agency duped by Onion story on Obama poll

Iran's leading news agency published a mock poll that claimed rural whites in the U.S. favored Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over president Barack Obama.

The mock poll was originally published on a popular U.S. media site, The Onion.

The FARS news agency—which touts itself as Iran's leading independent news agency while others note its ties to government—published much of the made-up poll that first appeared in the U.S. parody website.

The Onion site quoted a fictitious Gallup Poll that noted "77 percent of rural Caucasian voters...would much rather go to a baseball game or have a beer with Ahmadinejad...than spend time with Obama."

FARS led its story with that statement and even quoted someone from the Onion piece, West Virginia resident Swiderski, saying of Ahmadinejad, "I like him better."

Oops.

Word of duping the Iranian agencies made its way through media sites and was also picked up by media blogger Jim Romenesko.

The Onion had a little fun with it, too, it seems, adding to the end of the article, "For more on this story: Please visit our Iranian subsidiary organization, Fars."

The story was live on the FARS website early on Friday afternoon but was no longer available by 1:30 p.m. ET. The link to FARS goes to an earlier screen grab of the story that had been on the FARS website.
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    haha.jpg?w=300&h=228
    (I bet someone's redfaced over there! -- and soon to be "fired")
  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Oops! :lol:
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    yeah cause no one has ever thought even for a minute that a story put out by the onion was real. :roll:
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  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    catefrances wrote:
    yeah cause no one has ever thought even for a minute that a story put out by the onion was real. :roll:

    I know you believed an onion story I put on Facebook. :shifty:
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    yeah cause no one has ever thought even for a minute that a story put out by the onion was real. :roll:

    I know you believed an onion story I put on Facebook. :shifty:


    yeah? refresh my memory.
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  • badbrainsbadbrains Posts: 10,255
    Kind of like MOST Americans being duped by ____________(fill in the blank) newspaper.
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,762
    Nothing in the Onion is ever true...

    http://www.theonion.com/articles/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-blades,11056/
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  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    catefrances wrote:
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    yeah cause no one has ever thought even for a minute that a story put out by the onion was real. :roll:

    I know you believed an onion story I put on Facebook. :shifty:


    yeah? refresh my memory.

    Having a leather jacket is better than having kids. :lol:
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,156
    Back in college, I had my roommate severely confused when I handed him this article about the Super Monkey Collider losing its funding. :mrgreen:

    http://www.theonion.com/articles/super-monkey-collider-loses-funding,1113/

    Congress voted Monday to cut federal funding for the superconducting monkey collider, a controversial experiment which has cost taxpayers an estimated $7.6 billion a year since its creation in 1983.

    The collider, which was to be built within a 45-mile-long circular tunnel, would accelerate monkeys to near-light speeds before smashing them together. Scientists insist the collider is an important step toward understanding the universe, because no one can yet say for certain what kind of noises monkeys would make if collided at those high speeds.

    "It could be a thump, a splat, or maybe even a sound that hasn't yet been heard by human ears," said project head Dr. Eric Reed Friday, in an impassioned plea to Congress. "How are we supposed to understand things like the atom or the nature of gravity if we don't even know what colliding monkeys sound like?"

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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    Having a leather jacket is better than having kids. :lol:

    well its true... having a leather jacket is better than having kids. but you sure i wasnt being sarcastic in my reply? ;)
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  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    catefrances wrote:
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    Having a leather jacket is better than having kids. :lol:

    well its true... having a leather jacket is better than having kids. but you sure i wasnt being sarcastic in my reply? ;)

    Yes :corn:
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    Having a leather jacket is better than having kids. :lol:

    well its true... having a leather jacket is better than having kids. but you sure i wasnt being sarcastic in my reply? ;)

    Yes :corn:

    what i said was i was gonna reply to this but then i saw the source. so now im simply smiling like an indulgant parent. dont see much belief for the story there. 8-)
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  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    catefrances wrote:

    what i said was i was gonna reply to this but then i saw the source. so now im simply smiling like an indulgant parent. dont see much belief for the story there. 8-)

    It's implied that you believed it.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    catefrances wrote:

    what i said was i was gonna reply to this but then i saw the source. so now im simply smiling like an indulgant parent. dont see much belief for the story there. 8-)

    It's implied that you believed it.

    no. the only implication is that im aware of the satirical nature of the onion and therefore will refrain from voicing an opinion cause its not a for reals thing. my friends would disown me if they ever even suspected i took the onion seriously. ;):lol:
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  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    catefrances wrote:
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    catefrances wrote:

    what i said was i was gonna reply to this but then i saw the source. so now im simply smiling like an indulgant parent. dont see much belief for the story there. 8-)

    It's implied that you believed it.

    no. the only implication is that im aware of the satirical nature of the onion and therefore will refrain from voicing an opinion cause its not a for reals thing. my friends would disown me if they ever even suspected i took the onion seriously. ;):lol:

    You took it seriously at first. :lol:
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    You took it seriously at first. :lol:


    yeah i did... then i saw the source and amended my opinion accordingly.
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  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    catefrances wrote:
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    You took it seriously at first. :lol:


    yeah i did... then i saw the source and amended my opinion accordingly.

    Na na na na na naaaa gotcha :D
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    You took it seriously at first. :lol:


    yeah i did... then i saw the source and amended my opinion accordingly.

    Na na na na na naaaa gotcha :D


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  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    catefrances wrote:

    how proud you must be.

    I actually had already forgotten about it. :lol:
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    catefrances wrote:

    how proud you must be.

    I actually had already forgotten about it. :lol:

    clearly not. things must be boring in WI if you can remember something i posted for a second and a half then deleted. :P :lol:
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  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    catefrances wrote:
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    catefrances wrote:

    how proud you must be.

    I actually had already forgotten about it. :lol:

    clearly not. things must be boring in WI if you can remember something i posted for a second and a half then deleted. :P :lol:

    :lol: I pick up the drumsticks and forget about almost everything.
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