http://www.boingboing.net/2008/11/12/fake-nyt-hits-street.html
A group of artists, writers, and pranksters called The Yes Men created the front page of the New York Times many people have wished and waited for. The headline read "Iraq War Ends". The group printed over a million of these fake papers, dated July 4, 2009 and distributed them in New York City.
Other stories in the paper include the setting of a maximum wage for CEOs, the UN passing a weapons ban (unanimously), and George Bush being indicted. The group also created elaborate advertisements for the paper, including a full-page announcement from Exxon that it supports the end of the war and will be committed to providing "socially, economically, and environmentally responsible energy". "Peace can also be lucrative," the advertisement states.
I just thought this would be relevant to both our class and our time. Though this was an offline event, the group remixed the New York Times in a way a lot of us would want to see for real. Guerilla art is sweet.
The full paper is available on the group's mock New York Times website: http://www.nytimes-se.com/2009/07/04/todays-paper/
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Wow this prank was pretty funny. I watched the video on boingboing.net. As i thought about it some more i was wondering if this could be considered copyright infringment. Could NewYork Times sue those guys for printing this false paper under there name?
That rocks. The news we all want to hear how convenient. Just wish it would come true now. I hope the people a the New york Times have the comical sense to not sue.
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