UPDATE: From Daily Finance
Activists behind NY Post parody detained by police
The New York Post does not have a sense of humor about itself, it would seem.
Early this morning, some 2,000 activists affiliated with a group called The Yes Men handed out copies of a 32-page parody issue calling attention to climate change. But when volunteers tried to distribute copies outside the Post’s offices, they were detained by police and their papers were confiscated, says an eyewitness.
This won’t last long. I’m sure the New York Post won’t take kindly to ripping off their image and brand wholesale to promote this agenda.
The website is: http://nypost-se.com/ The “FAKE” label is mine so that this image doesn’t get confused with the real New York Post at http://www.nypost.com/
This fake version of the New York Post website seems to be part of the “New York Climate Week” effort, though it is hard to tell if it is connected or the work of a misguided person or sympathetic organization. Whomever it is behind it, it isn’t convincing anyone except for the galactically stupid.
As one attorney once said:
“Have you no sense of decency?”
– Joeseph Welch, June 9, 1954, during the McCarthy Senate hearings
The nypost-se.com domain name when looked up by WHOIS at Network Solutions does not appear to resolve to the New York Post, at 1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036-8790, but rather at another NYC address and a private individual.
So what’s next, fake celebrity endorsements?
By their own admission, the people who created the fake website apparently also distributed some newspapers they printed.
Although the 32-page New York Post is a fake, everything in it is 100% true, with all facts carefully checked by a team of editors and climate change experts.
It will be interesting to see if the usual suspects will join in to denounce this abuse of journalistic ethics or if they’ll simply stay silent and say to themselves “the end justifies the means”.
The real New York Climate Week website is here:
http://www.climateweeknyc.org/
hat tip to Tom Nelson:
http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2009/09/read-it-here-fake-ny-post-promotes.html
When Obama speaks or writes, the challenge is to determine when he is telling the truth. He is a an intellectually dishonest, serial liar. As such, the truth is not in him.
Rest assured that he will embarrass the USA tomorrow at the UN.
I don’t get it. We’re they parodying the NYPost of climate alarmists?
I remember reading about these guys and their competition for tabloid-style stories. I wonder if there’s any connection?
http://www.theyesmen.org/blog/become-a-tabloid-writer
In case it hasn’t already been posted – paradoy under the current interpretation of First Amendment has special protection from liability and even in cases, copyright infringment. Just ask Weird Al Yankovich how he managed to make maga-bucks off of paradoy songs of the days biggest artists (Michael Jackson). And not have to pay royalties to the original publisher.
The Economist has weekly debates. This week’s question is: “This house believes that tackling climate change means leaving fossil fuels behind completely and quickly.”
Please join this debate if you like [you probably have to register if you’re not a subscriber.]:
http://www.economist.com/debate/days/view/382
Amazingly, even though the question says ‘completely and quickly’, the current vote is 55 – 45 FOR the motion.
I used to think that Economist readers were more intelligent. From the comments you can see what the constant drumbeat of propaganda 24/7/365 for twenty years does. People believe that carbon dioxide is a “pollutant”, and that we are teetering right on the edge of catastrophe.
Apparently they have never even heard of natural climate variability.
“In case it hasn’t already been posted – paradoy under the current interpretation of First Amendment has special protection from liability and even in cases, copyright infringment. Just ask Weird Al Yankovich how he managed to make maga-bucks off of paradoy songs of the days biggest artists (Michael Jackson). And not have to pay royalties to the original publisher.”
An interesting point, Indiana Bones, but it is is one thing for to parody a song and quite another thing to emulate and pass himself off as Michael Jackson, use his name, speak on “his” behalf to the public, etc.
So I imagine that somewhere in the law, a line would be drawn on acceptible vs unacceptible use. The Constitution, after all, is not a document condoning anarchy. It details what a proper government may and may not do. Governments may not silence, but private parties are a diferrent matter, as it one’s right to private property that is being violated. Otherwise, pirating radio stations, stealing idendities, slandering, etc would be a perfectly civil practice. And that’s just not how it should be, nor do I think the Founders intended it to be that way.
Indiana Bones (10:56:29) :
In case it hasn’t already been posted – paradoy under the current interpretation of First Amendment has special protection from liability
No worries, I’ll print up a few hundred dollar bills and distribute them to some shop keepers. Just for a laugh of course.
Benjamin (12:29:17) :
Weird Al Yankovic does pay royalties to the the original publishers – I don’t know where you get the idea that he doesn’t. He also asks permission from the original artists.
Although parody is “allowed”, not only in the US but in many Western countries, generally speaking you not allowed to impersonate someone in order to deceive and especially not to defame someone in doing so.
Sorry, my previous comment should be addressed to Indiana Bones and not Benjamin! Delete it if you prefer, Anthony.
Smokey (11:38:16) :
“I used to think that Economist readers were more intelligent. From the comments you can see what the constant drumbeat of propaganda 24/7/365 for twenty years does. People believe that carbon dioxide is a “pollutant”, and that we are teetering right on the edge of catastrophe.
Apparently they have never even heard of natural climate variability.”
Hello, Smokey (cool name, btw!)
As someone with a fair amount of economic knowledge and of economic circles, I can tell you that these people aren’t dumb, at least in that simple and direct sense.
Here’s the deal… If we kill coal and oil (and more polar bears, I suppose) governments get to issue more credit to themselves and the private sector. The paper empire would be sustained for a bit longer. They’re out to secure the fake value of their investments, so naturally, they believe and even push for the death of fossil fuels.
They’re not dumb… they’re [bleeping] nuts! These credit addicts will do anything, and I do mean anything, for just one more fix. This is why various countries, like India and China, constantly change their position on how willing they are to “fight climate change”. They create confusion to tease investors into doing things… Like a game of chess, and only the masterminds really know what they (themselves) will do.
Underlying that is that China and India both are out for one thing… gold. They realize if they can trick “smart money” (read: people without a clue ready to piss themselves at the slightest drop or rise in anything) away from gold, they can continue buying at lower prices. And a rush into various bonds and financial stocks… another credit bubble, ie…Well, that creates devaluation in currencies, thus driving up the price of gold. They must be very careful about this business because if people panic (rather than remain paralyzed by fear) they don’t get as much gold as they want to get. They do not want the competition!
That said, Smoke, it is impossible to debate with these people. Money is a very emotional subject, and they’re out to promote their assets as something valuable because, naturally, they don’t want to lose. So like lambs to the slaughter, they go with the trend, which is set by the actions of government, be that climate change legislation, health care, extened unemployment, etc.
It does smell very strongly of desperation when climate alarmists do things like this. They must sense that the tide of public opinion is turning very strongly against them.
Let’s not lose sight of the fact that the current climate-politics dynamic presents an unprecedented opportunity. Whatever systems we put in place now (capitalizing on the valuable tension & charge that has built up), let’s just make sure they are malleable.
Bob Kutz (06:58:09) :
Click on either of the IP Explorer links. Near the upper right side of the IP Explorer page there is a highlighted line which reads “View the list of domains” which you should click on. If you are not a Domain Tools subscriber you will be shown the first four Domains at that IP Address. If you then click on an individual Domain Name you can view the detailed WhoIs information about the Domain and link to the website.
Go back to the IP Address map view and click on a nearby IP Address which is highlighted to indicate that there are websites at that that IP Address and then click on the “View the list of domains” link again to explore the websites at that IP Address.
If you look at the nearby IP Addresses to the two which I identified, you will find many websites which share the views of “The Yes Men”. You are free to makeup you your own mind about the objectives of some of the websites.
Mike
The same folks are at it again:
Fake U.S. Chamber of Commerce press release:
http://www.chamber-of-commerce.us/090118tjd_prosperity.html
oops… meant to add same IP Address: 209.51.163.11
Fake U.S. Chamber:
http://www.chamber-of-commerce.us/091019enterprise.html