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This morning, commuters in New York City were handed free copies of what appeared to be copies of the New York Times. In fact, what they had been given was a surprisingly elaborate forgery: A fake version of the paper dated July 4th, 2009 that offers as its lead story "IRAQ WAR ENDS."

Other headlines in the paper, which is full of stories that, if true, would be cause for celebration among liberals, include "USA Patriot Act Repealed" and "National Health Insurance Act Passes"; the fake newspaper's slogan is "All the news we hope to print."

Here's a video from the creators of the fake newspaper explaining what they did. They claim 1.2 million papers were printed and that the planning took six months:

New York Times Special Edition Video News Release - Nov. 12, 2008 from H Schweppes on Vimeo. The fake paper also has a Web site with all of its articles, which is here, though it has been loading slowly this morning. Gawker traces the effort to a "longtime liberal prank group" known as The Yes Men.

This morning, commuters in New York City were handed free copies of what appeared to be the New York Times. In fact, what they had been given was a surprisingly elaborate forgery: A fake version of the paper dated July 4th, 2009 that offers as its lead story "IRAQ WAR ENDS."

Other headlines in the paper, which is full of stories that, if true, would be cause for celebration among liberals, include "USA Patriot Act Repealed" and "National Health Insurance Act Passes"; the fake newspaper's slogan is "All the news we hope to print."

Here's a video from the creators of the fake newspaper explaining what they did. (Note: The video includes an interview in front of the real New York Times building that appears staged, and other interviews may be as well.) They claim 1.2 million papers were printed and that the planning took six months:


New York Times Special Edition Video News Release - Nov. 12, 2008 from H Schweppes on Vimeo.

The fake paper also has a Web site with all of its articles, which is here, though it has been loading slowly this morning. (That's a screengrab of the Web site above.) Gawker traces the effort to a "longtime liberal prank group" known as The Yes Men.

Virginia's State Board Of Elections has released a "rumor buster" document telling voters to disregard a flyer claiming that Democrats should vote on November 5th.

"A fake flyer claiming it is from the State Board of Elections has been circulating, stating that Republican Party supporters shall vote on November 4 and Democratic Party supporters shall vote on November 5," the document states. "This information is false."

Election Day, of course, is November 4th for all voters.

Director of Communications Susan S. Pollard told Horserace that the source of the fliers is presently unknown, though the police are looking into it. She said it was distributed in predominantly African American areas, notably "Virginia Beach, Hampton Roads and Norfolk." Below, a copy of the flyer. Click here for the PDF.