Early yesterday morning, commuters nationwide were delighted to find out that while they were sleeping, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had come to an end.
New York Times Special Edition Video News Release - Nov. 12, 2008 from H Schweppes on Vimeo.
See the full paper online: nytimes-se.com
Perhaps you've come to realize by this point that this was all a spoof...six months in the making. The NY Times edition was dated July 4, 2009. It's getting written about around the world. Here are some links below.
Associated Press
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jsWM6yw3YfY81RuMpjbEIxl7LzpwD94DNR0O3
BBC: Pranksters Print Spoof NY Times
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7725973.stm
Gawker: New York Times Fake New York Times Declares Iraq War Over! Here's Who Did It
http://gawker.com/5084164/fake-new-york-times-declares-iraq-war-over-heres-who-did-it
Gawker: The Official Times Spoofer Video Celebration (I like this one)
http://gawker.com/5084554/the-official-times-spoofer-video-celebration
The Independent (UK): Spoof 'Times' puts Obama on notice - Americas, World
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/spoof-times-puts-obama-on-notice-1016129.html
canoe.ca: Fake NY Times reports end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
http://money.canoe.ca/News/MediaHold/2008/11/12/7391596-ap.html#top
International Herald Tribune: Prank NY Times: `All the news we hope to print'
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/13/america/NA-US-NY-Times-Spoof.php
Fox News: Prank NY Times: `All the news we hope to print'
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Nov12/0,4670,NYTimesSpoof,00.html
CNBC: The New York Times Fake Out News Unfit To Print! - Funny Business with Jane Wells
http://www.cnbc.com/id/27683007
Telegraph (UK): Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are over, according to 'Yes Men' NY Times spoof
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/3449636/Wars-in-Afghanistan-and-Iraq-are-over-according-to-Yes-Men-NY-Times-spoof.html
Times Of India: Hoax NY Times declares end of Iraq war
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Its_a_Mad_Mad_World/Hoax_NY_Times_declares_end_of_Iraq_war/articleshow/3706612.cms
NC Times-News: Spoof Times greets New York commuters BlueRidgeNow.com
http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20081112/NEWS/811120273/0/NEWS05
The Guardian (UK): New York Times 'special edition' spoof perplexes readers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/12/new-york-times-spoof
St. Petersburg Times: Nothing but good news ... and it was free
http://www.tampabay.com/news/bizarre/article901133.ece
BusinessWeek: Prank NY Times `All the news we hope to print'
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D94DLKI00.htm
New York Post: PRANK NY TIMES `ALL THE NEWS WE HOPE TO PRINT' (This one includes the video)
http://www.nypost.com/seven/11122008/news/regionalnews/prank_ny_times_138350.htm
Times Union: RPI professor has hand in New York Times spoof
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=738878
USA Today: 'New York Times' spoof circulated
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2008-11-12-new-york-times_N.htm?csp=23&RM_Exclude=aol
Los Angeles Times: Pranksters spoof N.Y. Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-timesspoof13-2008nov13,0,7172393.story
Straits Times: Spoof news from NYT
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Lifestyle/Story/STIStory_301720.html
ABC: New York Times gets pranked - 11-12-08 - Philadelphia News - 6abc.com
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/bizarre&id=6501951
Chicago Sun Time: Fake New York Times Handed Out
http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1275523,new-york-times-prank111208.article