HEADLESS TSUNAMI IN TOPLESS TOWN

[captainsblog]

For once, it appeared that a Rupert Murdoch media outlet was actually BEING fair and balanced:



Alas, it all turned out to be a prank, along the lines of previous efforts such as Not The New York Times and Off The Wall Street Journal.

Rupe, of course, was Not Amused, according to Channel 4 (the NYC one):

The Post responded through their reps at Rubenstein PR, which released a statement that was headlined: "Witless Spoof in Flawless Format."

"It’s no surprise that they tried to spoof the New York Post; they figured this time they’d choose a paper people actually love to read," said the statement, taking a obvious shot at the New York Times. "But this is a limp effort. It has none of the wit and insight New Yorkers expect from their favorite paper. The Post will not be hiring any of their headline writers."

But perhaps the powers that be at the Post didn't have as much humor about the prank as their statement would suggest.  Some of the volunteers who were distributing the fake papers outside of the Post's real offices were detained by police and had their papers taken away, according to Daily Finance.com.

Personally, I wouldn't mind a tsuanami wiping out Rockefeller Plaza, as long as the floodline falls below KO's office at 30 Rock but above Glenn Beck's floor of Foxsucker News's own Rockefeller Center HQ.

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[headbanger118.livejournal.com]

This reminds me of our own dear Kingsport Times, which hides a fake news story every April 1 somewhere in it's pages. This year, apparently the bones of a Daniel Boone (who indeed did tramp about this area quite a bit) were found -- complete with coonskin cap!-- while city workers were breaking ground on a new education center. But back to The Post, learn to take a joke kids. Doesn't anyone there read The Onion???