{"id":2657,"date":"2008-11-12T19:15:37","date_gmt":"2008-11-13T00:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/?p=2657"},"modified":"2008-11-12T22:35:22","modified_gmt":"2008-11-13T03:35:22","slug":"news-of-the-future-new-york-times-corrected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/news-of-the-future-new-york-times-corrected\/","title":{"rendered":"News of the Future &#8211; New York Times corrected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest from the New York Times Special Edition folks just hit my mail box. They now have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes-se.com\/video\">video<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes-se.com\/pdf\">a PDF of the print edition<\/a>.<br \/>\n<object width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2215007&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2215007&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/2215007\">New York Times Special Edition Video News Release &#8211; Nov. 12, 2008<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user923997\">H Schweppes<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:06:10 -0500 (EST)<br \/>\nFrom: New York Times Special Edition<br \/>\nTo: pjones<br \/>\nSubject: HUNDREDS CLAIM CREDIT FOR NEW YORK TIMES SPOOF<\/p>\n<p>November 12, 2008<br \/>\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>CONTACT:<br \/>\nwriters@nytimes-se.com<br \/>\n917-202-5479<br \/>\n718-208-0684 415-533-3961<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;SPECIAL&#8221; NEW YORK TIMES BLANKETS CITIES WITH MESSAGE OF HOPE AND CHANGE<br \/>\nThousands of volunteers behind elaborate operation<\/p>\n<p>* PDF: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes-se.com\/pdf\">http:\/\/www.nytimes-se.com\/pdf<\/a><br \/>\n* Ongoing video releases: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes-se.com\/video\">http:\/\/www.nytimes-se.com\/video<\/a><br \/>\n* The New York Times responds: <a href=\"http:\/\/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com\/2008\/11\/12\/pranksters-spoof-the-times\/\">http:\/\/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com\/2008\/11\/12\/pranksters-spoof-the-times\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of independent writers, artists, and activists are claiming credit for an elaborate project, 6 months in the making, in which 1.2 million copies of a &#8220;special edition&#8221; of the New York Times were distributed in cities across the U.S. by thousands of volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>The papers, dated July 4th of next year, were headlined withlong-awaited news: &#8220;IRAQ WAR ENDS&#8221;. The edition, which bears the same look and feel as the real deal, includes stories describing what the future could hold: national health care, the abolition of corporate lobbying, a maximum wage for CEOs, etc. There was also a spoof site, at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes-se.com\/\">http:\/\/www.nytimes-se.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Is this true? I wish it were true!&#8221; said one reader. &#8220;It can be true, if we demand it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We wanted to experience what it would look like, and feel like, to read headlines we really want to read. It&#8217;s about what&#8217;s possible, if we think big and act collectively,&#8221; said Steve Lambert, one of the project&#8217;s organizers and an editor of the paper.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This election was a massive referendum on change. There&#8217;s a lot of hope in the air, but there&#8217;s a lot of uncertainty too. It&#8217;s up to all of us now to make these headlines come true,&#8221; said Beka Economopoulos, one of the project&#8217;s organizers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t stop here. We gave Obama a mandate, but he&#8217;ll need mandate after mandate after mandate to do what we elected him to do. He&#8217;ll need a lot of support, and yes, a lot of pressure,&#8221; said Andy Bichlbaum, another project organizer and editor of the paper.<\/p>\n<p>The people behind the project are involved in a diverse range of groups, including The Yes Men, the Anti-Advertising Agency, CODEPINK, United for Peace and Justice, Not An Alternative, May First\/People Link, Improv Everywhere, Evil Twin, and Cultures of Resistance.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the spoof, the New York Times said only, &#8220;We are looking into it.&#8221; Alex S. Jones, former Times reporter who is an authority on the history of the paper, says: &#8220;I would say if you?ve got one, hold on to it. It will probably be a collector&#8217;s item.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>-30-\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest from the New York Times Special Edition folks just hit my mail box. They now have video and a PDF of the print edition. New York Times Special Edition Video News Release &#8211; Nov. 12, 2008 from H Schweppes on Vimeo. 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