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Iranian News Agency Stands by Onion Story
In a reluctant pseudo-apology, the Iranian News Agency Fars admitted that it's story, titled Gallup Poll: Rural Whites Prefer Ahmadinejad to Obama, was plagiarized directly from The Onion, with FNA's English Editor saying, "FNA makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of its reports, however very occasionally mistakes do happen."Oh, Fars. You still have so far to go to match the duplicity of a certain American cable channel that features neither foxes nor news, but this is a good start...
"Although it does not justify our mistake, we do believe that if a free opinion poll is conducted in the US, a majority of Americans would prefer anyone outside the US political system to President Barack Obama and American statesmen," [the unnamed English-language editor] added.
There we go! That's both hilarious propaganda and a serious journalistic scoop: form the sound of this FNA news release, the people behind the "Unskewed Polls" are Iranian agents.
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Tags: Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Media, The Onion -
Our Endorsements: President Obama Courts Ohio Voters
* Obama gets unreal with Ohio voters.
* Warning: Gore. Thanks, Reddit!
* Bill Burr has many, entertaining opinions.
* George W. Bush goes on a spiritual retreat, from The Onion.
* Turns out Benjamin Netanyahu is actually a pretty great political cartoonist.
* Who said it? A guy who doesn't believe in science or two guys who don't believe in science?
* Greasy Mitt Romney face gifs are going to ensure no one ever wants to run for president again.
Tags: Al Gore, Daily Links, Iran, Israel, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mitt Romney, Science & Technology, The Onion -
Iranian News Agency Tricked by The Onion
I knew President Obama has always had trouble with the rural white working-class demographic, but the Fars News Agency, self-described as "Iran's leading independent news" outlet, reports some truly troubling statistics…
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Barack Obama Will Call Netanyahu, Maybe
Barack Obama has gotten some criticism for taking meetings with hosts of The View rather than with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Maybe Bibi should've gotten himself a show on TLC if he wanted a face-to-face with the president.As it is, he'll have to settle for a phone call…
Obama spent only 24 hours in New York for the UN General Assembly earlier this week before Netanyahu arrived, and the Israeli leader will meet Secretary of State Hillary Clinton later on Thursday instead of Obama.
"I expect the president will have a follow-up phone call with the prime minister probably Friday," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters…
It said the president's schedule, as he campaigns hard for re-election, did not allow him to be in New York at the same time as Netanyahu, who is demanding Washington establish public red lines for Iran over its nuclear program.
That's a little impersonal, considering the threat Netanyahu described in his speech before the U.N. General Assembly. Bibi, who's drawn more "red lines" than a mortgage banker in a rough neighborhood, described the nuclear threat to Israel with a simple chart…
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Barack Obama's Private Messages to World Leaders
President Obama will not meet with world leaders as they gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly. Whether it's because he's too busy campaigning or because he doesn't want to create headlines, opening himself up for attack, the move is being criticized by those on the right and the left.
What Obama's critics fail to note is that, despite being indisposed, he did take time out between television appearances to send quick messages to world leaders. We got our hands on a few of those messages, which we're now sharing with the world…
Tags: Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, China, David Cameron, Iran, Libya, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mitt Romney, Russia, United Kingdom, United Nations, Vladimir Putin
