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08.12.13Psst, Chinese State Media: It's Satire
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This week, Xinhua, China’s state-run newswire, picked up and translated a satirical blog post from the New Yorker’s Borowitz Report as though it were straight news reporting.
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11.28.12How Onion Spoof Slipped Past China's Humor-challenged Great Firewall
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A spoof article about North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un being the sexiest man alive ended up a real news item in China as a result of Chinese whispers in the digital age.