Disinformation collaborators The Yes Men are at it again with another great media prank!
This morning, New Yorkers are being offered free copies of the New York Times — which happen to be fake. One reader tells us, “After taking it I realized that the date was 7/4/09, and the headline read ‘Iraq War Over’. It’s full of fake articles, fake ads (even a Dr Zizmor ‘Clean up the mess in the Iraq’ ad), and a clever twist on the Times’ slogan reading ‘All the news we hope to print.’”
You can see the fake New York Times website, which has articles like “New York Bike Path System Expanded Dramatically” and “Public Relations Industry Forecasts a Series of Massive Layoffs” &mdash and “National Health Insurance Act Passes.”
Gawker says the volunteers distributing the papers were “rallied online via BecauseWeWantit.org” and notes the email to volunteered is ” linked to the site of The Yes Men, longtime liberal prank group that has been doing things just as complex and finely tuned as this for years.”
Gawker says the volunteers distributing the papers were “rallied online via BecauseWeWantit.org” and notes the email to volunteered is ” linked to the site of The Yes Men, longtime liberal prank group that has been doing things just as complex and finely tuned as this for years.”
