Not the New York Times

On my walk to work yesterday I picked up one of the free copies of the New York Times that were being handed out by clean-cut young men around the city.

It didn’t take long to realize that this wasn’t the real thing — too thin and too slippery — but it obviously took considerable effort, creativity, and expense. I hear that over a million copies were handed out. Happily it’s available online as well.

The faux Times was the creation of the Yes Men, along the lines of John Lennon’s billboard “War Is Over (If You Want It). You help create the world you want by imagining it’s already here.