function copyFeedItemToPost($post_id)
 {
     global $wpdb;
     $feed_post = $wpdb->get_row("SELECT * FROM wp_posts WHERE id = (" . $wpdb->escape($post_id) . ");", ARRAY_A);
     $feed_meta = $this->getFeedItemMeta($post_id);
     $post = new SyndicatedPost();
     $post->fillFromPost($feed_post, $feed_meta);
     $new_post_id = wp_insert_post($post);
     add_post_meta($new_post_id, 'syndicated', 'true', true);
     add_post_meta($new_post_id, 'syndicated_author', $post->meta_author, true);
     add_post_meta($new_post_id, 'syndicated_link', $post->meta_link, true);
     add_post_meta($new_post_id, 'syndicated_source_title', $post->meta_source_title, true);
     add_post_meta($new_post_id, 'syndicated_source_link', $post->meta_source_link, true);
     return $new_post_id;
 }