New York Times Punked Again?
That is . . . yet again?
If you have been paying attention in the past, you may have noticed that the venerable New York Times has been totally punked more than once on past April Fool’s Days.
So you would think they would be especially careful not to let that happen again. Wouldn’t you?
I’d direct you over to the New York Times Web site, but I’m afraid they’re now behind a pay wall. So you’ll have to get the story from Ted Frank.
Well, someone’s getting punked…
Sam Paris (f6fe05) — 4/1/2011 @ 4:23 amI can access The New York Times with no problems, and I’m not a subscriber.
The Dana who uses nytimes.com (3e4784) — 4/1/2011 @ 4:33 amCan’t believe they fell for that. Even if they weren’t suspicious from the word ‘go’, you’d think they’d have caught on as things developed…
D (43a3c4) — 4/1/2011 @ 5:17 amheh heh
meep (97797a) — 4/1/2011 @ 5:25 amDude, the last and most important link is broken. It should be http://centerforclassactionfairness.blogspot.com/2011/04/april-fools-day-and-new-york-times.html
Mark Draughn (fa5413) — 4/1/2011 @ 5:52 amGod damnit, you bloggers.
Scott Jacobs (d027b8) — 4/1/2011 @ 6:46 amMark Draughn,
Thanks. Link is now fixed.
Patterico (c218bd) — 4/1/2011 @ 6:48 amVery well done.
Dustin (c16eca) — 4/1/2011 @ 7:25 amVery elaborate, Patrick. Well done.
PatHMV (49d120) — 4/1/2011 @ 7:30 amQuite irritating.
ManlyDad (060305) — 4/1/2011 @ 7:40 amhey, blawgers, why r u giving the NYtimes the run around.
V (cf1439) — 4/1/2011 @ 8:16 amit stupid
you people should be ashamed
Well, it’s not surprising. Some people are very gullible.
Aj4coco (d7e45f) — 4/1/2011 @ 8:19 amNicely done. It took me two links to figure it out.
aunursa (a2a019) — 4/1/2011 @ 8:40 amMuch pain be upon you today, Patterico. 😉
Chuck Roast (104f14) — 4/1/2011 @ 8:59 amShades of the “Blonde Joke”.
Steven Den Beste (99cfa1) — 4/1/2011 @ 9:09 amIt took me two links to figure it out too, but then when I had hair I was a blonde.
BarSinister (a9e7f6) — 4/1/2011 @ 9:43 amVery very nice. I made it to about 4 links.
carlitos (00428f) — 4/1/2011 @ 10:34 amDamnit! I’m not going to tell you how many links it took!
prmetime (4e9c75) — 4/1/2011 @ 1:57 pmHeh.
AkRonin (a55d13) — 4/1/2011 @ 3:05 pmI feel like Ralph, from the Simpsons “I’m happy and angry!
I wonder how long it took to set that up? I’ve never even heard of half those people.
Very well done.
DeadGuy (becaa9) — 4/1/2011 @ 4:15 pmBravo… With everyone on the lookout for pranks, one would only let one’s guard down on a prank about a prank!
Hooray for metahumor! Does this qualify as metahumor?
breitbartfan77 (5f34ac) — 4/1/2011 @ 5:23 pmBravo… With everyone on the lookout for pranks, one would only let one’s guard down on a prank about a prank!
Hooray for metahumor! Does this qualify as metahumor?
breitbartfan77 (5f34ac) — 4/1/2011 @ 5:23 pm(golf clap)
Noah Bawdy (51809d) — 4/1/2011 @ 6:25 pmDang it! I didn’t get to fall for the joke! I started reading the comments on the first link which gave it away. I would have enjoyed such a sublime prank.
Felipe (d37996) — 4/1/2011 @ 7:22 pmNo frickin way ………..this is my surprised face :/
DohBiden (984d23) — 4/1/2011 @ 7:54 pmI’m blonde and it only took me 1 link to figure it out. So there.
DRJ (fdd243) — 4/2/2011 @ 11:30 amI didn’t do the link/post/thread [oh … that’s new/s (but Aaron did get me on his April tomfoolery)]. None the less, had a guilty pang … yesterday afternoon. For simply not saying hello to SDB, in thread. Feeling like I had somehow been rude. So … Hello SDB.
🙂
Elmo (c0a8c4) — 4/2/2011 @ 11:35 amI wonder how long it took to set that up?
Oh, about 10-15 minutes of so. Maybe a tad longer. Just a tad. Or two. But don’t ask us to time a tad.
Turk (ef3fe5) — 4/2/2011 @ 6:48 pm