Iranian News Plagiarizes Onion Story About Obama's Popularity
But it's almost believable
Readers of Iran's official FARS News Agency encountered a surprising headline today—"Gallup Poll: Rural Whites Prefer Ahmadinejad to Obama."
The uncredited source for the item was, not shockingly, the Onion. To make things worse, FARS's item is copied word-for-word from the Onion's story, so it's both inaccurate and plagiarized. The Tehran
dateline is a nice touch, though.
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