Liberal Pranksters Hand Out Times Spoof

New York Times by Sewell Chan | Nov. 13, 2008 (News Report)

In an elaborate hoax, pranksters distributed thousands of free copies of a spoof edition of The New York Times on Wednesday morning at busy subway stations around the city, including Grand Central Terminal, Washington and Union Squares, the 14th and 23rd Street stations along Eighth Avenue, and Pacific Street in Brooklyn, among others.

The spurious 14-page papers — with a headline “IRAQ WAR ENDS” — surprised commuters, many of whom took ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Michael Bugeja - Nov 13, 2008 - 3:07 AM PST
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Michael Bugeja
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 by Michael Bugeja - Nov. 13, 2008

Succinct online journalism here describes the spoof edition of the New York Times, and the reporter provides links for those interested in the hoax topic.

See the excellent hoax story follow-up by Richard Pérez Peña in the New York Times, featured in NewsTrust.

The hoax was accompanied by a Web site that mimics the look of The Times’s real Web site. A page of the spoof site contained links to dozens of progressive organizations, ... More »

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Naomi Isler
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 by Naomi Isler - Nov. 13, 2008

Okay, this should go along with the non existent 'source' in the articles above.

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Kenneth Sibbett
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 by Kenneth Sibbett - Nov. 14, 2008

It's confessional journalism with 20 people writing lt

It's not Irving on Hughes but I think it's great

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