I found this article interesting because it seems to be good example of parody use. This story was about a spoof of the New York Times that was issued Wednesday, November 12th. This paper included stories that said that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had ended and the health care issues, gas issues and global warming issues were almost solved. Also added were stories of how there had been an abolition of corporate lobbying and a recall for all gasoline powered cars. The group that put the parody together said they did it so that the new Obama administration would keep their promises. The paper was paid for by small online contributions. The group looked into the legal issues of using the New York Times nameplate style and believes it falls under "fair use".

The idea of this paper seems very risky, but at the same time, very entertaining. The reason that they put the paper out is also very interesting to me. It was "to maintain the pressure on the people we've elected so they do what we've elected them to do" says one of the group members. Also something to note is that every one of the people in the pseudo journalists has another daytime job and remained anonymous during the publishing of this paper. Most of this is because many of the 30 that worked on the project worked on other New York daily papers.

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