New York Times reports end to Iraq war
This photo shows a spoof edition of The New York Times announcing "Iraq War Ends," part of a hoax executed by pranksters.
TheUnited States has ended the war in Iraq and indicted President GeorgeW. Bush on treason charges, The New York Times reported Tuesday. OK,well not really.
Anelaborate spoof hit the streets of New York on Tuesday: a convincingfake of The New York Times announcing not just the withdrawal of troopsfrom Iraq but a raft of other US liberal fantasies.
Bushis indicted, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice apologizes that thefuss about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction was invented, andAmericans are finally getting national health insurance.
And that's just on the front page.
The only problem? The free, 14-page "special edition" newspaper is phoney.
Websitewww.gawker.com has identified the pranksters behind the stunt as TheYes men, a liberal group famous for practical jokes.
The newspaper was a vision of what Americans would love to see under Barack Obama after he takes power in January.
DatedJuly 4, 2009, its front-page motto reads: "All the news we hope toprint" -- a play on the Times' famous "All the news that's fit toprint."
A Times spokeswoman said: "This is obviously a fake issue ... We are in the process of finding out more about it."
One of the newspaper's own online commentators had a wittier retort:
"Sorry, folks, the paper isn't free. And the Iraq war isn't over, at least not yet."
It's not the first time the venerable newspaper has been parodied. One was published during the 1978 newspaper strike.
Anothercame out on April Fool's Day 1999, printed by British business tycoonSir Richard Branson and titled "I Can't Believe It's Not The New YorkTimes." |
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