The Drudge Report published a peculiar figure on its home page this morning featuring the Star Wars character Jar Jar Binks glance out over a set of photoshopped ballistic missiles . The headline read “ Iran Rattles , ” point that the story was have in mind to be taken earnestly .
The large imagelinked to a sombre story from Yahooabout Iran saying it would not give to “ useless ” threats from Donald Trump , who was also name “ an inexperient person . ” How exactly Jar Jar Binks plays into the Drudge Report ’s take on the story is still unclear .
The cockeyed paradigm was first noticed by Twitter users , who readily forebode out the situation for not checking the image good enough .
Weesa do n’t think@DRUDGEbothered to check the featured image on their front page.pic.twitter.com/82x2lQ83Si
— nuptials cake godzilla dress hat stan account ( @hott0trotsky)February 2 , 2017
Of course , there ’s a luck that the Drudge Report was indeed aware that Jar Jar Binks was hidden in the photo , but it ’s worth noting that the site is not typically known for its witticism . In the past , it ’s been accused of fear - hawk by news sites likeNew York magazineand theHuffington Post .
It ’s also worth pointing out that the original image with a twelve missiles was inspire by a2008 Persian government blunder , when the commonwealth was caught using a photoshopped image of its missile tests . As theAtlantic Wire reported , hoi polloi began humorously editing the photo to an even greater extent , eventually adding the Star Wars character Jar Jar Binks . By 2012 , the photoshopped images became so omnipresent that even Iran ’s state - influenced Mehr News Agency used the range that included Jar Jar Binks .
Whether the Drudge Report was referencing this intact saga remains unclear . We ’ve reached out to the Drudge Report for comment about its odd use of this image and will update if and when we hear back .
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