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Hijinxs at the National Press Club

October 20th, 2009 joel

I think that we have entered a new “silly season” in our media world. On Monday, an activist group called The Yes Men pawned themselves off as spokesmen for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and presented a reversal in the group’s position on climate change. In the middle of the presser, a real representative of the Chamber shows up and claims that the people at the podium are frauds.

Meanwhile, news agencies and wire services were duped for a moment, making for some confusing news people and amazing video. Here is the YouTube from people associated with the Yes Men group, so keep that in mind.

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