The citizens of New York got punked -- Fake NYTimes hits the street AND the internet

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This is actually kinda funny.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2008/nov/12/1

http://www.nytimes-se.com/



BUT .... get a load of the date on the top of that edition of the paper.






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check out thomas friedman's article.

The sudden outbreak of peace in Iraq has made me realize, among other things, one incontestable fact: I have no business holding a pen, at least with intent to write.

http://www.nytimes-se.com/2009/07/04/the-end-of-the-experts/

:ROFL:

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Here's my favorite fake news item out of all of them. It's written by M. King Hubbert (the man passed away over a decade ago). But they spelled his name wrong by just one letter, he's supposed to have two "b"'s in his name (perhaps the misspelling was deliberate).

http://www.nytimes-se.com/2009/07/04/us-nationalizes-oil-companies-to-fight-climate-change/



Nationalized Oil To Fund Climate Change Efforts

By Marion K. Hubert -- July 4, 2009

Congress has voted to place ExxonMobil, ChevronTexaco, and other major oil companies under public stewardship, with the bulk of the companies’ profits put in a public trust administered by the United Nations, and used for alternative energy research and development in order to solve the global climate crisis.

While unusual, this is not the first time the government has chosen to take control of large corporations. From 1942 to 1944, U.S. car factories were retooled in order to produce tanks for the war effort. And Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were both created as “government sponsored enterprises” with a significant amount of government oversight.

“We can do what needs to be done,” said Senator Charles Schumer, Democrat of New York. “Our planet’s survival is at stake. Plus, public pressure hasn’t given us much of a choice.”

[Don]

Where's the story "Federal Reserve, Wall Street Collapse Under Massive Tax Burden as China Closes Loan Window?"

[Don]

While unusual, this is not the first time the government has chosen to take control of large corporations. From 1942 to 1944, U.S. car factories were retooled in order to produce tanks for the war effort. And Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were both created as “government sponsored enterprises” with almost no significant amount of government oversight, leading to the collapse of the housing market.

Above story corrected to reflect reality.

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Ha! Here's another gem!

Instead the the world-renowned slogan: "All the news that's fit to print," it says, "All the news we hope to print."

(Does that answer your question, Don?)

[Don]

Ha! Here's another gem!

Instead the the world-renowned slogan: "All the news that's fit to print," it says, "All the news we hope to print."

(Does that answer your question, Don?)
I guess if they'd renamed it the "New York Pravda" it would have been too obvious? :D

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Oh! I love this one! It's by another deceased person, the pulitzer prize winning author of children's books.


http://www.nytimes-se.com/2009/07/04/all-public-universities-to-be-free/


All Public Universities To Be Free

By Mary K. Rawlings -- July 4th, 2009

A bill to eliminate tuition at public universities is making its way through Congress and is expected to pass within days.

As tuition has climbed in past decades, federal aid programs have been unable to keep up. The current bill, inspired by the City University of New York’s 1970s-era free-tuition policies for New York residents, is intended to help level the playing field.

“The United States has become a nation of educational haves and have-nots,” said Adolph Reed, Jr., Professor of Political Science at the New School for Social Research. “Tuition costs are skyrocketing while real incomes have remained stagnant.”

One trend the bill will correct is the flocking of university graduates to jobs paying salaries needed to reimburse debts. “Are schools a selection mechanism for Wall Street?” asked Professor Howard Gardner. Some speculate that high tuition has helped fuel the drive to enormous profits that has proven so dangerous to society.

[Don]

To be fair, here (http://www.nytimes-se.com/2009/07/04/court-indicts-bush-on-high-treason-charge/)'s my favorite.

Great satire, actually, all the way around.

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Fake NYTimes hits the street AND the internet
Honestly, I thought every single one being printed was fake, at least for the past twelve years or so...