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If you’re already tired of 2008, take a look at the New York Times edition of July 4, 2009. This is the online version of a fake edition of the paper, of which thousands of copies were distributed free across New York in a fantastic hoax. I don’t know why the NYT itself is calling this a spoof—this doesn’t make fun of the paper, but instead uses it to present the vision the authors have of America under Barack Obama. I’m sure they’ll end up disappointed—and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
But it’s very funny. Someone should do one for the Times of India…
(Links via separate emails from Gautam, Udhay and Gaspode.)
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Or rather, celebrity bling.
By Amit Varma in The good life
Tobin Harshaw links to some thought-provoking pieces here.
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