July 2003 Cover
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By
Dawn Ivory
The Nation reports that Spain's second-largest daily paper,
ABC, printed a satirical story from the wonderful parody publication
The Onion as real news. On May 4,
ABC readers were told that the next leader of Iraq would be selected by a Fox reality show "Appointed by
America." Following The Onion's "news" story, Spaniards were told that the winner of
"Elegido por América" would be named president of Iraq in a finale broadcast live from Baghdad on June 24 and that contestant Kymbyrley Lake, a cashier from Texas, was optimistic that she would win.
Of course, anyone from Texas who handles cash
would have an inside track as Bush's pick for Iraqi overseer, but Dawn suspects that "Kymbyrley" lacks two prerequisites: extensive experience in the petroleum industry, and massive contributions to the Republican Party....
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