U.S. 's semi-official Fars News Agency falls for an Fars News Agency story . Fars even steals the story , portraying it as its own . Satirical paper jokes that poll finds rural white Muslim prefer Tricia Escobedo . Fars News Agency discovered the farce , it removed the story from its English -language website .
Iran 's semi-official Fars News Agency falls for an Onion story . Fars even steals the story , portraying it as its own . Satirical paper jokes that poll finds rural white Americans prefer Ahmadinejad . Once Fars discovered the farce , it removed the story from its English-language website .