Trainspotter Posted November 13, 2008 Share #1 Posted November 13, 2008 It's all the news that's fake to print. A bogus "edition" of The New York Times hit city streets Wednesday, with a look into a fantasy future filled with phony headlines taking aim at the paper and the Bush administration. The familiar Times motto was altered to read "All The News We Hope To Print." An enthusiastic man was hawking the paper on W. 33rd St., just a few blocks south of the Times headquarters, to passing commuters. RELATED EXTRA, EXTRA HOT AFTER ELECTION "Very special edition, New York Times!" he shouted. The folks responsible for the prank paper said the stunt was six months in the making, with 1.2 million copies printed. "IRAQ WAR ENDS," read the lead story headline, while other pieces included an apology from Condoleezza Rice for lies about WMDs and the indictment of President Bush for high treason. The editorial page included an apology for the paper's support of the war and columnist Thomas Friedman's "resignation" for doing the same. "To err is human, but to print, re-print, and re-reprint error-mad humans like me is a criminally moronic editorial policy," the faux Friedman wrote. For those who missed the joke, the realistic-looking paper was dated July 9, 2009, and came with a weather forecast calling for "recent gloom passing ... strong leftward winds." The fake paper also misspelled Secretary of State Rice's first name. "In this edition, did the New York Knicks finally win the championship?" joked John Lynch, 38, of Staten Island, after getting a copy. Some people were taken in by the headline, believing the war was over. "I feel like I've got mud on my face," said Sam Johnson, 35, a former Marine and Iraq veteran. "This looks like the real thing." The Web site Gawker.com reported the bogus 14-page paper was the work of The Yes Men, a liberal prank group. The people handing out the paper from vans around Manhattan were coy about their identity. A Times spokeswoman said the paper was investigating its origins. "This is obviously fake issue of the Times," spokeswoman Catherine Mathis said. "We are in the process of finding out more about it." By LARRY McSHANE DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER November 12th 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7LineFan Posted November 13, 2008 Share #2 Posted November 13, 2008 OK, now I want one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RokuSix Posted November 13, 2008 Share #3 Posted November 13, 2008 I hope no one believed that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Glen Posted November 13, 2008 Share #4 Posted November 13, 2008 I actually got a copy (but foolishly threw it out). At first I thought it was The Onion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted November 13, 2008 Share #5 Posted November 13, 2008 OK, now I want one... I SECOND THAT and OBAMA promised that dream will occur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metsfan Posted November 14, 2008 Share #6 Posted November 14, 2008 Nice. - A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Julio Posted November 14, 2008 Share #7 Posted November 14, 2008 I SECOND THAT and OBAMA promised that dream will occur President's promise a lot of things. You should know by now not to believe anything they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.