Fake New York Post: The Yes Men's Latest Takes On The Environment

Just about ten months after the successful distribution of a lovingly crafted, satirical facsimile of the New York Times, the activist-pranksters known as The Yes Men have distributed a fake edition of the New York Post throughout New York City. This spoof bears the headline, "We're Screwed," so, naturally, the fakeness of the paper will probably escape detection, even among discerning employees of the New York Post.

The fake Post focuses on environmental issues. And while the paper is fake, the reporting is entirely on the level. The "We're Screwed" lead story documents the findings of the New York City Panel on Climate Change. "New York Fights Back" details how citizens are taking initiative to be environmentally conscious. The fake version of Page Six even "gossips" about the environmental activism of stars like Brad Pitt and Seth Rogen. In fact, many people will probably penetrate this fake by turning to Page Six, and wondering where all the venality is.

Of course, the Yes Men -- whose typical stock in trade is to pose as corporate or government spokespeople, gain access to high-profile events, "make shocking and denigrating comments about workers and consumers and then point out what appears to be a lack of shock or anger in the response to their prank" -- have taken care to cleverly plug two forthcoming documentaries: Franny Armstrong's The Age Of Stupid and their own The Yes Men Fix The World.

WATCH:

As before, anyone missing out on the print edition of the Fake New York Post can enjoy an online version here.

PREVIOUSLY, on the HUFFINGTON POST:
Fake New York Times Says All Problems Will Be Solved By July 2009
New York Times Prankers On How They Pulled Off Hoax
SurvivaBall: New Yes Men Prank Focuses On Global Warming (VIDEO)

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Comments

[Dbos]

10:54 AM on 09/24/2009

Need more people like these guys.

[S1m0n]

09:04 AM on 09/22/2009

Yawn. This is one prank that doesn't get any wittier by being repeated.

[realpolitic]

07:24 AM on 09/22/2009

The Murdoch-ow­ned New York Post is always fake news.

[seted]

05:41 AM on 09/22/2009

I believe what would help the earth more than anything is if every country pour massive amounts of money into birth control methods. I would like to see a day that when teenagers start puberty they could receive a one time injection that would for all purposes render them sterile, and I mean for everybody. Then later in life when they are emotionall­y ready to procreate, they could get another shot to jump start their reproducti­ve organs. Of course the biggest opponent to this would be the Church, and repubs. Even tho they should be behind something like that since it would probably eliminate the need for most abortions.

[liberalcynic]

02:20 AM on 09/22/2009

We're Screwed with this sensationa­list journalism

[PoliticalRockChick]

12:35 AM on 09/22/2009

love it.

[Exfl]

10:33 PM on 09/21/2009

A fake New York Post can be identified as such because it reports real news.

[CommonSenseMom]

09:43 PM on 09/21/2009

I don't get it..... what is the prank.

WE ARE SCREWED. The Earth is heating up at an uncontroll­able rate. That plastic bottle you threw in the trash 20 years ago is now leaching BPA into the drinking water giving our boys breasts and our girls periods at age six. HUMMERS are still on the road as the most dangerous non-commer­cial vehicle at a sweet 8 miles to the gallon. And Republican­s think that global warming is nothing to worry about because Jesus won't let us destroy the Earth...ag­ain.

WE ARE SCREWED PEOPLE!!

[Foreground]

12:06 AM on 09/22/2009

*Technical­ly* speaking, they're right; at our current level of technology­, we are unlikely to destroy the Earth... just the majority of the life on it. In a few thousand/m­illion years, which is practicall­y a second on the Cosmic scale, life as we know it may once again flourish, assuming that some sort of paradigm shift doesn't occur, resulting in a global ecosystem that thrives in and sustains conditions that would prevent our current ecosystem from returning.

[ashabot]

08:50 PM on 09/21/2009

I love it.

[zola77]

07:45 PM on 09/21/2009

I love the 'yes men'.

[Freedom of Logic]

07:19 PM on 09/21/2009

I love it! The title of that paper is hilarious, I would have definitely looked twice if I saw that.

[sonoffestus]

06:27 PM on 09/21/2009

What's the prank? The headline is very accurate. You're screwed on so many levels.

[topkatnc]

07:09 PM on 09/21/2009

Took the words out of my mouth...yo­u are right , we are screwed...

[peacebro]

07:26 PM on 09/21/2009

The accuracy is the prank...

[Idea1013]

06:11 PM on 09/21/2009

Gotta love these guys: "I wouldn't say it's a hoax, it's an honest representa­tion of what Dow should be doing."

Bellissimo­!

[Winthorpe]

06:00 PM on 09/21/2009

Isn't "Fake New York Post" redundant?

[donaldw6]

06:05 PM on 09/21/2009

Zing.

[So Calif Ind]

06:31 PM on 09/21/2009

You have them mixed up with the NYT.

[Winthorpe]

07:02 PM on 09/21/2009

The NYT has a bad (big) apple once every few years writing for them. The Post doesn't even try to be a real newspaper.

[HonestJohnnis]

05:55 PM on 09/21/2009

Anybody know if you can purchase a copy? Or read it online for that matter..

[HonestJohnnis]

05:58 PM on 09/21/2009

Okay, found where you can read it.. But I would still get a kick out of having a copy.