FIFA VP defends himself by quoting 'The Onion'

While trying to defend himself against corruption allegations, FIFA Vice President Jack Warner probably didn't realize he was using 'The Onion' as a source.

[wyattblue]

But the onion is America’s finest newspaper!

[jakkew]

Lol.  A similar thing happened when I was in sixth grade. A kid doing a report on the 1906 San Francisco earthquake cited an article in The Onion titled "Earthquake Marks Least Gay Day in San Francisco History." His thought it meant "least happy day, " and his defense was that it was dated 1906.

[Link_Says]

I just watched this for the first time and I quite like his humility.

[etmstMdg]

Saw this on last week tonight..including the dog joke....sad

[coolsoeb]

Why is everyone arguing about whether they hate/love soccer/fooball? Let's spend our energy making fun of this clown of a Fifa VP.

[LordInquisitor]

Back when CNN was somewhat decent and 99% of their coverage was not about Trump good times

[tenchimuyo]

Fifa's officials are much too stupid to be allowed to run it.

[venkypandu]

Snoozefest ...
Damn John Oliver has ruined me :D

[bravefigaro]

What's the world largest sport ?: Soccer it is. So jack Warner made USA know about soccer, MLS, reach world cup finals and you guys still dawg him, wow Nasty

[justarandomconservativecoo]

Classic CNN which we will never see again.

[SpectreWeb]

Really! sad that you are making fun of all FOOTBALL {the real football} fans all over the world... Just explain to your audience that FOOTBALL is the only TRUE WORLD sport, unlike your Baseball so-called world series that is played by ONE single country, USA. Again, FIFA has more members than the United Nations, so if you are making fun of FIFA, you are making fun of the WORLD.    Plus you are complaining of $150 US millions.... What about the American debt of TRILLIONS of US dollars, , , The BLACK budget of TRILLIONS of dollars... There you have your