Wall Street Journal Parody — With A Topless Ann Coulter — Rankles Murdoch In Real Life And On YouTube

My Wall Street Journal, a parody of the Wall Street Journal on newsstands this week to mark the April 15 tax deadline, has rankled News Corp executives so much that they're trying to make sure no one sees it. The New York Times' Richard Perez-Pena reports that a WSJ representative attempted to snatch up all the copies in the Los Angeles area, where they made public a bit ahead of schedule:

It was not supposed to go on sale until this week, but some newsstands began selling it early. Last Thursday, Alexander Laurence was working at one such stand in Los Angeles, chatting with a customer, David Metz, when, both of them say, a man in a shirt with a Journal logo asked if anyone had seen a paper that looked sort of like The Journal.

"This guy comes by all the time to bring promotional stuff for The Wall Street Journal -- bags, coin trays, stickers," Mr. Laurence said.

Sure enough, they found what he was looking for. "He grabbed them all, said, 'I need to buy all of these,' " Mr. Laurence said. "He had been going around to different stands, buying them."

The man paid with a corporate American Express card. "At first he's saying they have to make a correction or it's not supposed to be out yet," Mr. Metz said. "But then he said these are not published by The Wall Street Journal."

Highlights of the My Wall Street Journal parody — brought to you by the same team that created the 1982 Off The Wall Street Journal, led by editor-in-chief Tony Hendra — a full-page spread of a topless Ann Coulter (in WSJ stipple-style), a gossip section called "Page Sex," headlines like "Cleaning Lady Sees Virgin In Merrill Lynch Q4 Loss," and "Obitcharies," wishful-thinking obituaries for people vilified by the far right, including Susan Sarandon and Paul Krugman.

Distinguishing the 2008 go-around from its 1982 counterpart is the parallel YouTube campaign its creators are running. Below, watch their video, which shows a fake Rupert Murdoch reacting to the My WSJ news:

To learn more, visit www.wsjparody.com

Comments

[charon]

Next I want to see the James Carville/Mary Matalin porn video, complete with whips and cuffs. Or rather, I don't want to see it, I want to hear about it.

[CTO]

Whoa! That's out there. Next you'll be asking for Janet Reno. Please be careful of what you wish for!

[newshawk14]

I think with the ownership of Murdoch the WSJ has lost it's sense of humor. A number of years ago,
on April Fools Day, they used to publish the Ball Street Journal, that had ridiculous and outrageous
articles. I remember one on being, "Why the left one is bigger", in regards womens breasts, they
came to the conclusion that in England the right one was bigger and decided it had to do with
which side of the road you drove on. Does anyone else remember this publication?

[newshawk14]

I should have added an observation that I share with my liberal friends, If Ann Coulter and I
were the last people on earth, it would mean the end of the human race.

[noneIn2008]

Even though a parody, you've "exposed" his future plans. Classic Page 8 Murdock. Look at Murdock on Fox "shocking nude teens on spring break" more a 6,7,8,9,10. Next Greta with the legal issues around nude Anna photos. Next Bill with insights on Thailand night life. Next, Hannity with outrage over naked spring break.....­..........­.........

[jubo]

Imagine what that 'Intelligence Division' he mentions looks like. What kind of résumé does one need?

[2351]

euw

[mamadeus]

Rupert's mum could not tell the difference. Maybe he could buy the another fake news channel and run
some real news.

[DeathandTaxes]

I am gonna have nighmares now.

[thegreatgiginthesky]

I have no respect for Ann Coulter but I don't think this is a path the Wall Street Journal should be going down.

[Ramirez]

You need to read the article.

[BushBites]

Shhhhh....­don't tell.

[kdogg]

lol the comment section is always good for a laugh

[Fair]

I would have made the art more like her - she has a body like Olive Oyl,

[Daniel8168]

And what happened to her (his?) prominent Adam's Apple?

[ynot4tony2]

The "adam's apple" of Ann Coulter is nothing more than a myth, conjured up by self-loathing closet homosexual liberals who use it as a way to slowly come to grips that they are, indeed, attracted to men.

Why else would supposedly "straight" men be "seeing" an adam's apple on a pretty woman?

[shockmagog]

I don't know why, but I feel like having a Dos Equis.

[Schnitzel]

You can join Rupert, he did say he needed a drink!

[txgal44]

make mine a double. She's gross.

[Ramirez]

Dos Equis is a beer.

[jubo]

Heh. Cheers.

[Aussie10]

Next you'll be saying she deserves to be raped and use all your same excuses: she wears a mini-skirt so she deserves it; other women hate her so open season on her; she doesn't have an intellect so sexually attack her, undress her, degrade her for her kids to see on the internet for future generations and forever

all because you don't like her opinions?!

To the women out there, and to the men, if you have an outspoken female in your life, maybe even your daughter, do you want her treated like this? singled out and then it justified like the way they used to burn witches and justify it?

It all serves it puirpose and keeps women in their place - inferior and powerless.

Debate with your words instead if you disagree with a woman

Whenever a woman attains some confidence and power, this is what happens: tear her down.
Expect it to happen to yours if you do it to someone else.

[Fair]

Her kids??

Since when does or will Ann Coulter have kids??

The real elitists among us never have children. Like her, Rush Limbaugh etc.

[BushBites]

Wouldn't she have a colt?

[rimofheaven]

Rupert just made me laugh a nice healthy laugh. The Funny Ha-ha, kind of laugh. The only thing missing was Mini-Me. Thanks Rupert. I needed that.

[friendlier]

Wan't Rupert. Read the line above the video.

Jeez, people!

[Barbarossa03]

Uh, Oh, now that this has come out be on the watch for a Coulter to come out with a response (baseless and without much intellectual foundation, but a response nonetheless). Out of all the right-wing writers (I use that term loosely because their dribble amounts to the equivalent of your mama insults) I think Coulter is the most revolting.

A note on the parody, the parody version looks a hell of a lot better than the real Ann Coulter. In the picture above at least they remove the Adam's apple and give her(it) breasts. She should like it because it makes her look somewhat like a real woman.

[iLogos]

Watch you are saying, some your momma jokes are quite clever and have more than a grain of truth about them... unlike Fox, Ann, and the Op-Ed page of the WSJ.

[hmmmmm]

eeeewwwwww!!!!

[deweshk]

Ann Coulter is a transsexual, Adam's Apple, fake breast et al.

[ynot4tony2]

Again. I remind you...men who "see" Coulter's "adam's apple" are really closetted homosexuals who see masculine traits in women and feminine traits in men.

[folksonomy]

That is SOME stippling there, must've been difficult to stipple her nipples! Ha!!!11!!!!!