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The Onion Files an Amicus Brief

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In 2012, the Onion proclaimed that Kim Yung-un was the sexiest man alive. China's state run news agency republished the Onion's story as true alongside a slideshow of the dictator himself and all his glory. Iranian news agency uncritically picked up and ran with the Onion's headline. Gallup poll, rural whites prefer opic denish opto, Obama. And by the way, they're making an important point here, which is the reasonable person standard is not the lowest common denominator.

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