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4Chan's Justin Bieber Crusade Fails to Send Teen Idol to North Korea

by Terrence O'Brien on July 7, 2010 at 02:45 PM

Justin Bieber in NK
The Internet delinquents at 4Chan never rest. Just a couple of days after the troublemakers used a flaw in the YouTube commenting system to launch a decidedly juvenile Web-offensive against Justin Bieber, the message board's campaign to send the tween star to North Korea has come to an (un)successful end.

A poll at Faxo was asking fans to vote on where Bieber should stop on the next leg of his world tour. Apparently, the folks at 4Chan didn't like that Israel was leading the vote, and, since board members have what can only be called an unhealthy obsession with the Biebs and his girl-hair, descended in droves. The /b/ took to Faxo, armed with persistence and some Web-scripts, and pushed the glorious republic of North Korea to the top of the list. This might've actually been funny (since we can't think of anyone who doesn't want to see Dear Leader shake his little leprechaun head to 'Somebody to Love') -- if it hadn't been for one very important fact: that the poll was not actually connected to Justin Bieber in any way. Faxo took it upon itself to conduct the poll with no input from the YouTube-made celebrity or his handlers. In short, neither Bieber nor his insane coif will be playing North Korea. Sorry guys. [From: Gawker]

Tags: 4chan, bieber, celebrities, faxo, funny, hoax, JustinBieber, music, NorthKorea, top, youtube

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