gawker.com - 11/12/2008
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The Iraq War is over, according to the fake New York Times! This morning a cadre of volunteers has fanned out across New York City to pass out a remarkably good, faux-copy of the Times dated July 4,...
zombietime.com - 11/17/2008
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zombietime.com —
Victory in Iraq Day November 22, 2008 We
won. The Iraq War is over. I declare November...
22, 2008 to be "Victory in Iraq Day." (Hereafter known as "VI Day.") By every measure, The United States and coalition forces have conclusively defeated all ...
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Victory in Iraq Day, November 22, 2008
confederateyankee.mu.nu - 11/14/2008
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confederateyankee.mu.nu —
Though he'd been on a mission all day
and was about to drop, Mike Yon just called...
from Iraq to let me know that the war is over, and we've won. Whatever it is that is left of violence, there...
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"The Iraq War is Over. We Won."
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 11/20/2008
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Terrific! Thanks to the Leftists at Think Progress
for pointing this out. White House press secretary Dana...
Perino today told the gaggle in DC that the conditions are such now that we are able to celebrate the victory that we've had so far. Of ...
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White House Declares Strategic VICTORY IN IRAQ! (Video)
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Fake New York Times Says All Problems Will Be Solved By July 2009
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
New York City woke up this morning to find that some committed satirists had delivered unto them a remarkably well-rendered facsimile of the New York Times, filled with earnest and hopeful headlines from the future -- specifically July 4, 2009 -- in which the Iraq War is over, Bush is indicted for treason, and columnist Thomas Friedman has confessed: "I have no business holding a pen, at least with intent to write."
Gawker has followed the trail of intelligence and concluded that the parody is the work of The Yes Men -- high-concept ...
Fake NYT: 'Iraq War Ends'
Michael Calderone's Blog —
... Gawker has a copy of the very well-done, fake New York Times that's being distributed today at various points in the city, and reports that an e-mail address connects it to radical prankster group, ...
What's the Greater Irony Here?
Confederate Yankee —
What's the Greater Irony Here? That more people read this spoofed version of the NY Times today than the real print edition, or that the radical left wing stories offered in the spoof are probably too right wing for the real newspaper's editorial board? Posted by Confederate Yankee at November 12, 2008 11:35 AM
The War Is Not Over
Discourse.net —
Cute little video (well, a bit self-serving, but why not), by the pranksters who brought you today’s fake NYT, complete with headline announcing the end of the Iraq war.
New York Times Special Edition Video News Release.
Wish I could get one in Miami. And the web site seems totally slashdotted….
(Speculations as to who is behind it, from Gawker.) ...
The New York Times of the Future -- If It Has a Future
AMERICAN DIGEST —
... Fake New York Times Declares Iraq War Over! Here's Who Did It ...
The New New York Times
Open Left - Front Page —
... This project, which seemed to be dropped on the unsuspecting public by the Yes Men, got us thinking...you know, the war could be over in and troops could start coming home in 6 months...CEO wages could be capped (especially as part of the bailout)...NYC bike lanes could be widened...and The Times editorial page could properly apologize for their complicity in the great Iraq deception. ...
YES THEY CAN! ... Yes Men Strike Again!
The Reaction —
... Gawker is credited with tracking it back to The Yes Men. How good was it? Liberal Pranksters Hand Out Times Spoof ...
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Fake New York Times: 'Iraq War ends'
swamppolitics.com 11/12/2008 —
by Frank James
A group of liberal pranksters showed what you can do with some time, some people and some money. They created a fake issue of the New York Times with a four-colum wide headline that blares "Iraq War Ends."
The Times's City Room blog has details:
In an elaborate ...
The Latest in Political News Fakery —
techPresident
(In an experiment, we're going to be pulling selected items from the Daily Digest and posting them as stand-alone posts. Good idea? Bad idea? Let us know in the comments.)
News Fakery: "McCain Advisor Martin Eisenstadt" Edition: The idea that Sarah Palin didn't know that Africa is a ...
MSNBC: 'Eisenstadt should not have made air' —
Michael Calderone's Blog
The New York Times gets to the bottom of the Martin Eisenstadt mystery, after the hoax blog entry was picked up by MSNBC and several news outlets, including this blog , briefly, before a reader corrected me.
Two filmmakers, pushing a TV show idea, created the fake Harding Institute ...
Pranksters Publish Fake New York Times —
Drudge Retort
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. The spurious 14-page papers, dated July 4, 2009, reported the end of the Iraq War, the availability of national health ...
Fake New York Times? —
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Fake NYT Screams: Iraq War Over! —
The Latest on Air America
Got up at five in the morning to do the morning report, watched the morning shows the whole time, so you can imagine my surprise when I saw the New York Times headline: Iraq War Over!
Here's what the email said that started this little funfest:
TONIGHT - and especially, TOMORROW ...
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