Comments on: Chinese State Media’s People’s Daily Reports Kim Jong-Un Was Named “The Onion’s Sexiest Man Alive” [UPDATE]

By: Respected science publication is fooled by The Onion - The Washington Post

Respected science publication is fooled by The Onion - The Washington Post — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:21:17 +0000

[…] it’s pretty much the same thing when the official Chinese newspaper, the People’s Daily, reported in all seriousness about an Onion story that declared North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as the 2012 […]

By: State-run People’s Daily demands rectification of parody Twitter account | The China Girls

Thu, 24 Apr 2014 23:20:07 +0000

[...] tone-deaf, so ham-fisted, that you wonder if you’ve accidentally been reading the Onion. Like they apparently do. Enter the tweet [...]

By: Xi, Jin-Ping of ShaanXi | China Bash

Xi, Jin-Ping of ShaanXi | China Bash — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 10:09:56 +0000

[...] we should all listen to official news sources that cite reputable organizations like the Onion, which says that Kim, Jong-un is voted the Sexiest man alive! Wait, that news piece has since been [...]

By: Folks’s Day by day: “Massive Squid Washes Ashore In California.” Er, No | That's Beijing - Beijing and China News

Sat, 11 Jan 2014 10:30:33 +0000

[...] or the editors. I’ve heard from credible sources that the person behind People’s Daily’s “Kim Jong-un Named Sexiest Man Alive” stunt was indeed a foreign copy editor who knew exactly what he was [...]

By: » Another Case Of Satire Lost In Translation? Netizens Slam The Beijinger Columnist George Ding Beijing Cream

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:53:48 +0000

[...] can take solace though: he’s in good company, on both the Chinese and Western [...]

By: » Be Afraid, State Media: Alessandro Is Still Out There Beijing Cream

» Be Afraid, State Media: Alessandro Is Still Out There Beijing Cream — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 02:00:54 +0000

[...] to be funny. You know when people speculated that People’s Daily was trolling all of us with that Onion thing? That a sly copyeditor working there in fact did know all about the Onion but just wanted to pull [...]

By: » Kim Jong-Un Is Leading Time’s Person Of The Year Reader Voting, Thanks To 4Chan Beijing Cream

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:03:09 +0000

[...] Person Of The Year Reader Voting, Thanks To 4Chan Image via People’s Daily’s infamous and now-deleted slideshow [...]

By: » The Situation Is Excellent: The Week That Was At Beijing Cream Beijing Cream

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 15:59:52 +0000

[...] Daily confused The Onion’s satire — that Kim Jong-un was named the World’s Sexiest Man — as fact. But let us not [...]

By: Are You In The Loop? Lindsay Lohan, Kim Jong-Un's "Sexiest Man Alive" Award, and Syria's Internet Blackout.

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:15:30 +0000

[...] The Onion may not have fooled Americans when it declared its “Sexiest Man Alive” to be Kim Jong-Un, but it did succeed in fooling China. People’s Daily, a state-sponsored news source in China, republished the article and included its own 55-picture long slideshow of Kim Jong-Un. It later realized its mistake and removed the article from its website. [Source] [...]

By: » Unicorn Lair Reconfirmed, Says North Korea State Media Beijing Cream

» Unicorn Lair Reconfirmed, Says North Korea State Media Beijing Cream — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:41:13 +0000

[...] you thought People’s Daily looked bad recently! You got fooled by a FABLE. It’s not like it’s HISTORY or anything… Jo Hui Sung, [...]

By: » You Think The Onion Is Wacky? People’s Daily Really, Truly Loves Kim Jong-Un Beijing Cream

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 03:45:40 +0000

[...] didn’t fall out of seats scrambling to publish, as quickly as possible, The Onion’s announcement of Kim Jong-un as Sexiest Man Alive? Then you don’t know People’s [...]

By: ym

ym — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:45:47 +0000

Well, that horse is a really great-looking horse. He and the scenery would make anyone on him look cool.

By: King Baeksu

King Baeksu — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:18:14 +0000

So what you are saying is that Beijing Cream has been pranked by the People’s Daily?

Them’s fighting words!

By: The Breakfast Meeting: CNN's Identity Crisis and 'Downton Abbey' in New York - NYTimes.com

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:32:53 +0000

[...] article – 55 photos of the Kim Jong-un in a variety of absurd official poses – may indicate that at least one editor at The People’s Daily was in on the joke.Tom Ricks, the military author who said on Fox News Monday that the network was hyping the Benghazi [...]

By: lex

lex — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:33:43 +0000

He really is a great man. Really. Oh, you don’t believe? How dare you question that?