The scare quotes have once again mysteriously gone missing in Reuterville. The "news service" that refers to Osama bin Laden as a "terrorist" (scare quotes included) is once again struck completely credulous when it comes to pathological dissembler Kim Jong Il:
N.Korea ready to scrap nuclear plans for better ties: envoy
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea is ready to dismantle its nuclear weapons programs if it can better its relations with the United States, Japan and South Korea, China's envoy to Seoul was quoted as saying on Friday.
Chinese Ambassador Ning Fukui said in a meeting with a key South Korean lawmaker that building trust between Pyongyang and Washington was essential for advancing six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programs. [...]
After putting that story through the Truth-O-Matic 9000, it reads:
N.Korea "ready" to "scrap" nuclear plans for better ties: envoy
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea is "ready" to "dismantle" its nuclear weapons programs if it can better its relations with the United States, Japan and South Korea, China's envoy to Seoul was quoted as saying on Friday.
Chinese Ambassador Ning Fukui said in a meeting with a key South Korean lawmaker that building "trust" between Pyongyang and Washington was essential for advancing six-party talks aimed at "ending" North Korea's nuclear weapons programs. [...]
(I was originally going to call this post "Gullible's Travels" until I arrived at the current headline, after which I found someone else at a far-flung blog had already used a similar idea for Reuters. But I decided to keep it anyway, and screw you if you think I ripped you off!)
No, you've all misunderstood: they literally want to be supplied with better ties. Fashion in N. Korea pales in comparison with the West and Kim Jong is such a dandy!
Posted by: o | December 02, 2005 at 06:08 PM
I don't understand.."completely credulous?"
Do you mean "incredulous? or "credible?"
Posted by: hank | December 02, 2005 at 06:09 PM
Reuters being "completely credulous" means they believe what a maniacal dictator is claiming.
It fits.
Posted by: Robbie | December 02, 2005 at 07:14 PM
thanks. i've never seen the word used that way. You are the John Simon of bloggers;)
Posted by: hank | December 02, 2005 at 08:21 PM
Comparing a hack like me to a guy who wrote reviews for more years than I have been alive? Wow! :-)
Posted by: The Malcontent | December 03, 2005 at 12:28 PM
Well...I didn't always agree with him;)
But he had a large vocabulary, and a little dick...tionary
Posted by: hank | December 03, 2005 at 01:19 PM