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The Onion said it, so it must be true
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>>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8237558.stm
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>>>Summary: A newspaper in Bangladesh took an article from The Onion at face value, and reprinted it.
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>>That's amusing, but it points to a larger problem with modern media - consolidation. If a story gets on a newswire, it gets republished by hundreds if not thousands of media outlets with little or no checking. Misinformation, or outright lies can rapidly spread world-wide.
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>Works for Obama the Worthless, anyway.

I keep wondering why you want him to fail.
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