Iranians Take Satire Seriously
This story cracked. me. up.
Iran didn't get the memo--or the snarkasm. This story is SO funny!!! In case you don't know, "The Onion" does news SATIRE. Iranian media took it seriously, and iRan with it.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-...%3BmostPopular
Favorite Quote: "If the editor in question is still working, it's worth noting, to their credit, that they appear not to have picked up a story on The Onion a couple days earlier, showing a green-glowing Ahmadinejad proclaiming to the United Nations that he was, himself, a nuclear weapon."
Hahaha!
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