恶搞当新闻 中国官媒又中招

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BBC Chinese, Aug 13, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... _media_satire.shtml

Note: The report cites
(a) Max Fisher, Chinese State Media Fooled by Satirical Story on Washington Post Sale. Washington Post, Aug 8, 2013 (blog)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/bl ... shington-post-sale/
("On Thursday, the state-run Xinhua news agency translated into Chinese a heavily satirical story from NewYorker.com on the sale, running it as fact. The story was dutifully re-reported by People’s Daily Online and other Chinese media outlets")

* "The original article [in New Yorker] * * * included a series of gag references that will be familiar to anyone who ever purchased something online, which is relatively common for urban middle-class Chinese."

gag (n):
"3: a laugh-provoking remark or act
4: PRANK, TRICK"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gag
(b) Andy Borowitz, Amazon Founder Says He Clicked on Washington Post by Mistake. New Yorker, Aug 6, 2013 (blog).
http://www.newyorker.com/online/ ... ost-by-mistake.html