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Beijing Newspaper Spoofed by The Onion

mattsucks writes "Reuters is reporting a story about the Beijing Evening News. Apparently, they too believe that everything they read on the internet is true, republishing a story from The Onion. Or at least one of their freelance writers believes it...." This is absolutely great.

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  1. The best part is there Ask a... by Disevidence · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Ask a conspiracy theorist... the onion's version of Ask Slasdot.

    Check it out

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  2. Re:Needs to learn his geography by tb3 · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    And why not? We've got a decent exchange rate, an amiable climate, and better beer.

    Hmmph.

    (Oh yeah, we're not in the U.S. Never mind.)

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  3. Re:How is this news for nerds? by stinky+wizzleteats · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yet another testament to the need for a more democratic story acceptance system.

    Yeah, because K5's stories are really good. I really like the current offering about how to get fat, and, surprisingly enough, they currently have another story about global warming.

  4. Re:Democracy won't help by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ah, I see the other site's sense of elitism combined with inferiority complex is alive and well...

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