{"id":2084,"date":"2013-03-19T16:59:47","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T16:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?2084"},"modified":"2013-03-19T16:59:47","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T16:59:47","slug":"controversy-as-barack-obama-lookalike-is-cast-as-devil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/controversy-as-barack-obama-lookalike-is-cast-as-devil\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversy as Barack Obama lookalike &#8216;is cast as Devil&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A television channel in the US has made a controversial move by choosing a lookalike of the country's president Barack Obama to play the Devil in a brand new show.<\/p>\n<p>The History Channel is showing the new hit show The Bible on its network, but it did not take viewers long to notice the character of Satan shared a number of similarities with the politician.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative and Obama critic Glenn Beck immediately took to Twitter to write: &quot;Anyone else think 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