BBC:
A news agency in Iran has published a report by the satirical news website, The Onion, saying rural white Americans would rather vote for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad than Barack Obama.
Quoting The Onion word-for-word, Fars states that an opinion poll also found 77% would rather go to a baseball game or have a drink with Mr Ahmadinejad.
A made-up West Virginia resident is quoted as saying: “I like him better.”
The report has not yet been published in Farsi on the agency’s website.
The Fars news agency, which is affiliated with the powerful Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), does not credit The Onion for the report on the survey.
The Fars article is down now, but The Onion piece is available here. Bonus fun: The Onion has added, “For more on this story: Please visit our Iranian subsidiary organization, Fars,” to the end of their article.
