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India Uncut Is Nominated In The 2008 Weblog Awards

I’m pleased to inform you that India Uncut has been nominated in two categories at the 2008 Weblog Awards:…

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Here’s a short news piece that appeared today in The Times of India print edition (I couldn’t find it…

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14 November, 2008

All The News That’s Fit To Dream

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.)

Posted by Amit Varma in Journalism | Media | Miscellaneous | Politics

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