The Onion spoofs Iran news agency on Obama-Ahmadinejad story

77% of Americans would prefer Iranian President Ahmadinejad to Obama, according to Iranian Fars news agency and their source, The Onion




A news agency in Iran has published a report by the satirical news website, The Onion, saying rural white Americans would rather vote for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad than Barack Obama.

Quoting The Onion word-for-word, Fars states that an opinion poll also found 77% would rather go to a baseball game or have a drink with Mr Ahmadinejad.

A made-up West Virginia resident is quoted as saying: "I like him better."

The report has not yet been published in Farsi on the agency's website.


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BBC News - The Onion spoofs Iran news agency on Obama-Ahmadinejad story

Hilarious... Fars didn't know the Onion is satire and took the story seriously...

That's almost as funny as when Ahmadinejad claimed that the homosexual phenomenon doesn't exist in Iran.

Its amusing. I imagine a fair number of Iranians will know of the Onion and will be able to appreciate the irony.

Phenomenon - You must mean Sexual orientation.