Kim Jong Un – Sexiest Man Alive!
It happens every once in a while, and it’s always good for a chuckle. Someone reads The Onion, the greatest news satire site on the web, and thinks one of the stories is real. But it isn’t often that they fool an entire news outlet.
China got onioned.
BEIJING – The online version of China’s Communist Party newspaper has hailed a report by The Onion naming North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un as the “Sexiest Man Alive” — not realizing it is satire.
The People’s Daily on Tuesday ran a 55-page photo spread on its website in a tribute to the round-faced leader, under the headline “North Korea’s top leader named The Onion’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2012.”
Quoting the Onion’s spoof report, the Chinese newspaper wrote: “”With hisdevastatingly handsome, round face, his boyish charm, and his strong, sturdy frame, this Pyongyang-bred heartthrob is every woman’s dream come true.”
“Blessed with an air of power that masks an unmistakable cute, cuddly side, Kim made this newspaper’s editorial board swoon with his impeccable fashion sense, chic short hairstyle, and, of course, that famous smile,” the People’s Daily cited the Onion as saying.
The photos the People’s Daily selected include Kim on horseback squinting into the light and Kim waving towards a military parade. In other photos, Kim is wearing sunglasses and smiling, or touring a facility with his wife.
A Chinese state run newspaper has reported Onion stories as true before, including a story that the U.S. Congress wanted a new building and was threatening to leave Washington if they didn’t get it.
And here I thought the republicans were the only delusional ones.
You can fool some of the people ALL of the time!
SO for ALL the people who have come to the US from their government, of which I have hosted one, to polish their English skills and gain some insight into the ‘average’ US family, they could not figure this out, much funnier than I can believe!!
Again as WC stated…you do not have to go outside the US for the lack of ??? when it comes to realizing the makeup of the Onion!!
AKM, you don’t have to go to China to find examples of folks failing to see the satire in the Onion. Neocons and their fellow travelers have also failed to see the joke:
http://wickershamsconscience.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/dunning-kruger-effect-in-action/
/WC
EEEE Gods!
Priceless!
Gotta love The Onion. 🙂