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Lars77

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Fri Sep 28, 2012, 02:35 PM Sep 2012

'American Voters Prefer Ahmadinejad To Obama': Iran's Fars Agency Reports Spoof Story By The Onion

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/09/28/american-voters-prefer-ahmadinejad-fars-onion-obama_n_1922890.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-news

An Iranian news agency with ties to the government has mistakenly reported a spoof story that rural white Americans would prefer President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to current US President Barack Obama.

The unlikely story was actually written by satirical website The Onion, but reported as fact by Fars news agency.





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'American Voters Prefer Ahmadinejad To Obama': Iran's Fars Agency Reports Spoof Story By The Onion (Original Post) Lars77 Sep 2012 OP
I imagine champagne is being uncorked at The Onion. Barack_America Sep 2012 #1
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