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Flame of Shame: Funny Business?
posted Sunday, 20 April 2008
ACB saw this in the English language press and would like to present it to readers with the intent that they form their own opinions about it, and about it's content. ACB actually had to check the date on this to see if it was an April Fools.
The big question, how many people will see this and take it at face value given that it's from a main stream distributor?
Care of Andy Borowitz. The original article can be found here.
Hint, it's the kind of thing that an unfortunately large number of Westeners would like to believe.
The big question, how many people will see this and take it at face value given that it's from a main stream distributor?
Care of Andy Borowitz. The original article can be found here.
China Moves Olympics to Undisclosed Location
Fearful about the prospect of human-rights protesters ruining the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China today announced a plan to move the summer games to a remote location where no one can find them.
A spokesman for the Chinese ministry of sport, Wu Qingxiu, said that the plan to move the Olympics to an undisclosed location has "advanced from the planning stage into the doing stage."
The reasoning behind the move was simple, Wu told reporters: "You cannot protest what you cannot find."
While rumors swirled about where the Olympics might be relocated, the Chinese official said that all such speculation is futile: "China is a very large country, and if you want to hide the Olympics, it is a very easy thing to do."
In order to keep the new location a secret, Wu revealed that China had not even disclosed it to NBC, who has a contract to televise the 2008 summer games.
This decision drew an outraged response from NBC chairman Jeff Zucker, who told reporters in New York, "If NBC doesn't know where the Olympics are, no one will watch them."
Wu took exception to Mr. Zucker's comment about no one watching the Olympics, responding, "That sounds like a typical NBC show to me."
On the campaign trail, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) blasted China's human rights record, telling an audience in Pittsburgh, "I have always fought for human rights in China, which is why I risked my life in Tiananmen Square."
Award-winning humorist, television personality and film actor Andy Borowitz is author of the book "The Republican Playbook," published in October 2007. To find out more about Andy Borowitz and read his past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
COPYRIGHT 2008 CREATORS SYNDICATE
Fearful about the prospect of human-rights protesters ruining the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China today announced a plan to move the summer games to a remote location where no one can find them.
A spokesman for the Chinese ministry of sport, Wu Qingxiu, said that the plan to move the Olympics to an undisclosed location has "advanced from the planning stage into the doing stage."
The reasoning behind the move was simple, Wu told reporters: "You cannot protest what you cannot find."
While rumors swirled about where the Olympics might be relocated, the Chinese official said that all such speculation is futile: "China is a very large country, and if you want to hide the Olympics, it is a very easy thing to do."
In order to keep the new location a secret, Wu revealed that China had not even disclosed it to NBC, who has a contract to televise the 2008 summer games.
This decision drew an outraged response from NBC chairman Jeff Zucker, who told reporters in New York, "If NBC doesn't know where the Olympics are, no one will watch them."
Wu took exception to Mr. Zucker's comment about no one watching the Olympics, responding, "That sounds like a typical NBC show to me."
On the campaign trail, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) blasted China's human rights record, telling an audience in Pittsburgh, "I have always fought for human rights in China, which is why I risked my life in Tiananmen Square."
Award-winning humorist, television personality and film actor Andy Borowitz is author of the book "The Republican Playbook," published in October 2007. To find out more about Andy Borowitz and read his past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
COPYRIGHT 2008 CREATORS SYNDICATE
Hint, it's the kind of thing that an unfortunately large number of Westeners would like to believe.
View Comments/Add a Comment (4)
1. Bill left...
Sunday, 20 April 2008 9:09 am
You've got it right. Andy Borowiitz at Creators.com is the most widely
read, most influential and most trusted journalist in the west. News from
Andy Borowitz is undoubted anywhere of the English speaking world.
2. dood left...
Sunday, 20 April 2008 5:23 pm
"Wu took exception to Mr. Zucker's comment about no one watching the
Olympics, responding, 'That sounds like a typical NBC show to me.'"
3. ACB left...
Sunday, 20 April 2008 7:10 pm
speaking of NBC, can anybody name the NBC show that Borowitz made his name
writing? Knowing that show will help to set the scene for this entry,
unfortunately, there are a lot of people out there who will see this
article without knowing it and will take it at face value.