The Onion spoofs Iran news agency on Obama-Ahmadinejad story

[Locutus]

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

 

[earth_as_one]

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.

 

[WLDB]

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

 

[Goober]

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.

Phenomenon - You must mean Sexual orientation.