I had some friends handing out papers and saw them in the hood.
The nytimes thinks the 1.6 million number is wrong -- they don't even
have that kind of distribution in the city.
F
On Nov 13, 2008, at 12:24 AM, Elizabeth Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yeah, figured that out once I saw the second email..I had had this
on my list of things to possibly take part in..ha. Did anyone go?
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:19 AM, Fred Benenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
Its a lot of other people too / Add-Art and Improv Everywhere as well.
~ ~ ~
thoughts / http://fredbenenson.com/blog
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sights / http://flickr.com/fcb
sounds / http://www.last.fm/user/mecredis
status / http://twitter.com/mecredis
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:08 AM, Elizabeth Stark
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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."
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