Even Better Than the Real Thing

The 10 best fake Twitter feeds on global politics.

JANUARY 17, 2012

@RelevantOrgans

A spot-on parody of Chinese state propaganda.

Sample tweet: "We admit we're no experts at democracy, but we swear we did not program Comrade Huntsman to believe that 3rd place equals winning."

 

@Angela_D_Merkel

The exasperated gripes of Europe's most powerful leader.

"Pleasant lunch with the boys. Bit embarrassing when Monti had to call @Lagarde for permission before tipping the waiter."

 

@DrunkenPredator

Ramblings of a dipsomaniacal unmanned aerial vehicle.

"can't yell at me for violating a strike moratorium if I'm too drunk to ID the Durand Line.. jk jk CAN'T EVEN SPOT THAT DAMN LINE SOBER"

 

@KermlinRussia

The bizarro-world Dmitry Medvedev (in Russian), profiled last year by Julia Ioffe

"Governors need to have more children so that the country will have more successful young entrepreneurs."

 

@ArabicObama

A skeptical view of the 44th U.S. president from the Arab world (in Arabic).

"A wife has the right to beat her husband two times a week, and that's a final decision."

 SUBJECTS: MEDIA, INTERNET, FUN STUFF