Ah, so this is the Yes men project I'd been hearing about? On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Seth Johnson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > November 12, 2008 > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > SPECIAL TIMES EDITION BLANKETS U.S. CITIES, PROCLAIMS END TO WAR > > * PDF: http://www.nytimes-se.com/pdf > * For video updates: http://www.nytimes-se.com/video > * Contact: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Early this morning, commuters nationwide were delighted to find out > that while they were sleeping, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had > come to an end. > > If, that is, they happened to read a "special edition" of today's New > York Times. > > In an elaborate operation six months in the planning, 1.2 million > papers were printed at six different presses and driven to prearranged > pickup locations, where thousands of volunteers stood ready to pass > them out on the street. > > Articles in the paper announce dozens of new initiatives including the > establishment of national health care, the abolition of corporate > lobbying, a maximum wage for C.E.O.s, and, of course, the end of the > war. > > The paper, an exact replica of The New York Times, includes > International, National, New York, and Business sections, as well as > editorials, corrections, and a number of advertisements, including a > recall notice for all cars that run on gasoline. There is also a > timeline describing the gains brought about by eight months of > progressive support and pressure, culminating in President Obama's > "Yes we REALLY can" speech. (The paper is post-dated July 4, 2009.) > > "It's all about how at this point, we need to push harder than ever," > said Bertha Suttner, one of the newspaper's writers. "We've got to > make sure Obama and all the other Democrats do what we elected them to > do. After eight, or maybe twenty-eight years of hell, we need to start > imagining heaven." > > Not all readers reacted favorably. "The thing I disagree with is how > they did it," said Stuart Carlyle, who received a paper in Grand > Central Station while commuting to his Wall Street brokerage. "I'm all > for freedom of speech, but they should have started their own paper." > > # 30 # > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@freeculture.org > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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