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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIranian news agency duped by Onion story on Obama poll
The FARS news agencywhich touts itself as Iran's leading independent news agency while others note its ties to governmentpublished 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."
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 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."
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."
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/iranian-news-agency-duped-onion-story-obama-poll-180154413.html
Onion story here:
CHARLESTON, WVAccording to the results of a Gallup poll released Monday, 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, a man who has repeatedly denied the Holocaust and has had numerous political prisoners executed, than spend time with Obama. He takes national defense seriously, and hed never let some gay protesters tell him how to run his country like Obama does. According to the same Gallup poll, 60 percent of rural whites said they at least respected that Ahmadinejad doesnt try to hide the fact that hes Muslim.
For more on this story: Please visit our Iranian subsidiary organization, Fars.
For more on this story: Please visit our Iranian subsidiary organization, Fars.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/gallup-poll-rural-whites-prefer-ahmadinejad-to-oba,29677/?ref=auto
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Iranian news agency duped by Onion story on Obama poll (Original Post)
hack89
Sep 2012
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Vietnameravet
(1,085 posts)1. Fox
Next Fox news will run it..
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)2. Well, to be fair to FARS...
If you read the onion's coverage of the Romney Campaign, you could honestly make the mistake of thinking it's actual news. Because when you go to the actual news and see what Romney really did, the Onion looks like it makes more sense.
But still guys, double-check that stuff.