At the crack of dawn this morning, in New York, jokers took to the streets to distribute across the city a fake copy of the New York Times, which carried the eye-catching headline "Iraq war ends".
The papers, which bore a remarkable likeness to the real Grey Lady, were dated July 4, 2009, and carried other fictional headlines: "Ex-Secretary apologizes [sic] for WMD scare" and "Maximum wage law succeeds".
But who, why and when? Seems like a lot of effort just for a jape. Gawker has the story behind this morning's wheeze.
It claims that the whole thing was organised by established liberal pranksters The Yes Men, who used a website they own, BecauseWeWantit.org, to rally the many collaborators needed to pull off the prank. According to Gawker, they have even set up a website.
