Oh, China’s state-run media! Propaganda is hard! The satirical magazine, The Onion, ran a piece naming the dictator “sexiest man alive.” China’s Communist Party news site totally ran with it. As fact.
No, really.
People's Daily doesn't understand The Onion, congratulates Kim Jong-Un on being named Sexiest Man Alive http://t.co/rZ76dqxg
— Shanghaiist.com (@shanghaiist) November 27, 2012
Oops! Chinese newspaper mistakes article by @TheOnion as legit…hails report naming Kim Jonh-un "Sexiest man Alive" http://t.co/TKVCHver
— Chris Cottick (@Cottick) November 27, 2012
Chinese Communist Newspaper People's Daily Does Huge Feature On The Onion Naming Kim Jong Un The Sexiest Man Alive http://t.co/LKCtQveg
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) November 27, 2012
Truth stranger than fiction. People's Daily praises Kim Jong Un for being named Onion's "sexiest man alive" http://t.co/9xuF1t2R
— Leslie Hook (@lesliehook) November 27, 2012
You really can’t make this stuff up.
Amazing! Chinese site treats The Onion as a serious news site and publishes its Kim Jong Un story as fact http://t.co/nJD4WIHc
— Quinton O'Reilly (@qoreilly) November 27, 2012
Amazing: People's Daily runs Onion story on Kim Jong-un as "sexist man alive." With 55 pics. http://t.co/Y1jfDkrF
— Edward Wong (@ewong) November 27, 2012
https://twitter.com/Aloha075/status/273420431371939840
Oh, our aching sides! Hey, remember when Stephanie Cutter cited the propaganda agency as a “must read?” And Joe “Gaffetastic” Biden then also embraced the Chinese propaganda? Good times, good times!
It gets better: A Korean news outlet reports it as fact as well.
https://twitter.com/Mowgli3/status/273215304518221824
https://twitter.com/ZakStrassberg/status/273212949835964417
The #Korea Times did as well: Kim Jong-un named Sexiest Man Alive for 2012 http://t.co/87iG07Pz
— L (@lina) November 27, 2012
From Korea Times:
The Onion has announce that North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un, 29, has officially been named the newspaper’s Sexiest Man Alive for the year 2012.
“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,” the paper reported.
Officially! Reported! Stop, we can’t take much more.
North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un, 29, has officially been named the Sexiest Man Alive for the year 2012. http://t.co/SOLOGtdu
— Mikko Tuomela (@mikkotuomela) November 26, 2012
https://twitter.com/ptskahill/status/273265770069372928
Source!
Sadly, or hilariously, these news sites were not alone.
https://twitter.com/cheeesierice/status/272441025488900096
Oh, dear. Bless.
Hey, you remember when China's top party paper touted The Onion's decision to name Kim Jong-Un the Sexiest Man Alive? http://t.co/3qJqGGO7
— Beijing Cream (@beijingcream) November 27, 2012
Oh, Twitter will remember. For a long time to come. Thanks for the long-term giggles, state-run mouthpiece!
Look at these pictures of Kim Jong-Un on horses and tell me he ISN'T the sexiest man alive: http://t.co/3qJqGGO7
— Beijing Cream (@beijingcream) November 27, 2012
Heh.
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