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This. Is. Awesome.
« on: October 03, 2012, 01:02:42 AM »
Iranian news agency takes Onion article as truth and runs it as its own:

Just fricking awesome
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« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2012, 07:01:19 AM »
Priceless.... absolutely priceless
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Re: This. Is. Awesome.
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2012, 09:03:48 AM »
With so limited foreign relations, their media obviously has a hard time finding foreign news to publish.
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« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2012, 09:31:39 AM »
You know I thought this would happen one day... I'd be suprised if it hasn't happened before.

Still though I'd buy more papers if articles from the Onion popped up in them.
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« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2012, 12:03:43 AM »
Hah! I remember not being aware of the onion way way back and it slowly dawning on me that I was reading satire.  In my defence I was very likely to be quite drunk at the time
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« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2012, 05:33:48 AM »
Thankfully my first exposure to The Onion was the parents who wanted to euthanase their daughter because she was brain dead, only capable of grunting and basic thumb movements across her iphone.

I just wish the quality of their work wasn't so hit-or-miss.
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« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2012, 05:25:32 AM »
Quote from: The Hanged Man on October 03, 2012, 09:31:39 AM
You know I thought this would happen one day... I'd be suprised if it hasn't happened before.

Still though I'd buy more papers if articles from the Onion popped up in them.

Do you mean Iran, or in general?

Because other countries have gotten suckered by reprinting the Onion as truth before.
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« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2012, 01:06:47 PM »
Quote from: Hoopy Frood on October 05, 2012, 05:25:32 AM
Because other countries have gotten suckered by reprinting the Onion as truth before.

Yeah, I recently found out about America doing something similar.
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« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2012, 04:52:10 AM »
I was thinking more of China and the sports stadium thing.
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