Move over Brad Pitt....

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   Greek Oneposted 12 years ago

   From today's Toronto Star Newspaper
   
   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 his devastatingly 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.
   
   People's Daily could not immediately be reached for comment. A man who answered the phone at the newspaper's duty office said he did not know anything about the report and requested queries be directed to their newsroom on Wednesday morning.
   
   It is not the first time a state-run Chinese newspaper has fallen for a fictional report by The Onion.
   
   In 2002, the Beijing Evening News, one of the capital city's biggest tabloids at the time, published as news the fictional account that the U.S. Congress wanted a new building and that it might leave Washington. The Onion article was a deadpan spoof of the way sports teams threaten to leave cities in order to get new stadiums.

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      Brenda Durhamposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Seriously, the Onion needs to have better disclaimers, or else be banned.
      
      But I doubt it will.
      
      It's only following the President and his Cabinet,  who've become artists at speaking nonsense like it's true.

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      Uninvited Writerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      That's funny

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      Uninvited Writerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      That's funny

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         PrettyPantherposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Yes, and Brenda's response is even funnier. 

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            Josakposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            So it is

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            Greekgeekposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            It is!
            
            You can't make this stuff up.
            
            The Onion has now added a postscript to its original article, something like, "for more on this story, see exclusive coverage in our subsidiary [link to the English edition of the Chinese newspaper]. Excellent work, comrades."

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