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China party's newspaper falls for Onion joke about Kim
Associated Press
Fooled into believing the satirical Onion's tribute to Kim Jong Un as the "Sexiest Man Alive for 2012," the People's Daily online site ran a 55-page spread on the North Korean leader.

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 toward a military parade. In other photos, he 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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We get caught on occasion and some of us even know the English language not to mention our political "smarts".
I don't speak Murrican too well, though.

I don't know if I have ever been caught but there have been a few articles I was ready (sometimes wanted) to believe until they went a little overboard. But Kim the sexiest! They had to have smelled a rat. Not even a chronically drunk, blind, half wit fundamentalist preacher would want to weep and scream "Lord I have sinned" over him him.

I'm sure even Him Him appeals to somebody out there.

The problem I have with this "satire" is that there is a presumption that it would be ludicrous for anyone to feel that Kim Jong Un is a sexy man.

The truth is, we all have different types. And I see no reason why a plump overweight man (or an overweight woman) couldn't be thought of as extremely sexy.

I think the Chinese newspaper hit the nail on the head:

SciFiGuy wrote:

The problem I have with this "satire" is that there is a presumption that it would be ludicrous for anyone to feel that Kim Jong Un is a sexy man.

The truth is, we all have different types. And I see no reason why a plump overweight man (or an overweight woman) couldn't be thought of as extremely sexy.

I think the Chinese newspaper hit the nail on the head:

Quote:

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.

Are you suggesting this might be a breakthrough for plump little men? How about "plump little men of a certain age"?

Who is to say what sexy is? Some people find chubby to be attractive, some people find muscular to be attractive, some people find cuteness to be attractive.

What I don't like in our society is that only thin women and muscular men are considered to be attractive. Why are all models in magazines thin and trim? Not everyone finds those types to be attractive.

IT'S SATIRE. IT ISN'T TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.

You're right but you're no fun. Besides percentions of beauty do tend to change with the times. It wasn't that long ago that Rubinesque was the in thing and, rather than Victoria's Secret clad wispy little nothings, guys swooned over a pair a shoulders and legs that could pull a plow.

guys swooned over a pair a shoulders and legs that could pull a plow.
Usually after the horse died.