[Reader-list] Fwd: HUNDREDS CLAIM CREDIT FOR NEW YORK TIMES SPOOF

[Paul Miller]

yeah, I did it!

hah

Paul
On Nov 16, 2008, at 2:41 PM, Monica Narula wrote:

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>> From: New York Times Special Edition <special at nytimes-se.com>
>> Date: 13 November 2008 4:34:40 AM GMT+05:30
>> To: monica-sarai.net <monica at sarai.net>
>> Subject: HUNDREDS CLAIM CREDIT FOR NEW YORK TIMES SPOOF
>>
>> November 12, 2008
>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>
>> CONTACT:
>>   writers at nytimes-se.com
>>   917-202-5479
>>   718-208-0684
>>   415-533-3961
>>
>> "SPECIAL" NEW YORK TIMES BLANKETS CITIES WITH MESSAGE OF HOPE AND
>> CHANGE
>> Thousands of volunteers behind elaborate operation
>>
>>  * PDF: http://www.nytimes-se.com/pdf
>>  * Ongoing video releases: http://www.nytimes-se.com/video
>>
>>  * The New York Times responds: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/
>> 2008/11/12/pranksters-spoof-the-times/
>>
>> Hundreds of independent writers, artists, and activists are claiming
>> credit for an elaborate project, 6 months in the making, in which 1.2
>> million copies of a "special edition" of the New York Times were
>> distributed in cities across the U.S. by thousands of volunteers.
>>
>> The papers, dated July 4th of next year, were headlined with
>> long-awaited news: "IRAQ WAR ENDS". The edition, which bears the same
>> look and feel as the real deal, includes stories describing what the
>> future could hold: national health care, the abolition of corporate
>> lobbying, a maximum wage for CEOs, etc. There was also a spoof
>> site, at
>> http://www.nytimes-se.com/.
>>
>> "Is this true?  I wish it were true!" said one reader. "It can be
>> true,
>> if we demand it."
>>
>> "We wanted to experience what it would look like, and feel like, to
>> read headlines we really want to read. It's about what's possible, if
>> we think big and act collectively," said Steve Lambert, one of the
>> project's organizers and an editor of the paper.
>>
>> "This election was a massive referendum on change. There's a lot of
>> hope in the air, but there's a lot of uncertainty too. It's up to all
>> of us now to make these headlines come true," said Beka  
>> Economopoulos,
>> one of the project's organizers.
>>
>> "It doesn't stop here. We gave Obama a mandate, but he'll need  
>> mandate
>> after mandate after mandate to do what we elected him to do. He'll
>> need
>> a lot of support, and yes, a lot of pressure," said Andy Bichlbaum,
>> another project organizer and editor of the paper.
>>
>> The people behind the project are involved in a diverse range of
>> groups, including The Yes Men, the Anti-Advertising Agency, CODEPINK,
>> United for Peace and Justice, Not An Alternative, May First/People
>> Link, Improv Everywhere, Evil Twin, and Cultures of Resistance.
>>
>> In response to the spoof, the New York Times said only, "We are
>> looking
>> into it."  Alex S. Jones, former Times reporter who is an authority  
>> on
>> the history of the paper, says: "I would say if youÕve got one,
>> hold on
>> to it. It will probably be a collectorÕs item."
>>
>> -30-
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