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Fake online editorial fools New York Times
The New York Times, which famously insists on the accuracy of its reports, was red faced Sunday after being fooled by a hoax online editorial posted under the name of ex-boss Bill Keller.
The editorial, titled “WikiLeaks, a Post Postscript,” was purportedly published over the weekend by the Times and in every way appears to be the real thing from Keller, who until last September was the paper’s executive editor.
The article appeared on a web page built to replicate the Times’ popular website, right down to perfectly working links to the rest of the site.
It was so realistic that none other than the newspaper’s technology editor Nick Bilton posted the link on his Twitter account, calling the apparent defense of Julian Assange’s controversial organization an “important piece.”
Not so.
“THERE IS A FAKE OP-ED GOING AROUND UNDER MY NAME, ABOUT WIKILEAKS. EMPHASIS ON ‘FAKE.’ AS IN, NOT MINE,” Keller, now a writer on the paper, tweeted to set the record straight.
fxdwg
July 30th, 2012
Editorial genius!
Birdie Num Num
July 30th, 2012
Phhhhhhtttt – “famously insists on the accuracy of its reports”
Since when , Yahoos?
This why the left/media culture can be referred to as a “hive”.
Stranded in Sonoma
July 30th, 2012
So Keller claims it was a fake. How would we know? Using the history of the NYT as a guide, how can we tell what’s fake between this op-ed and everything the NYT has published since day one?
Billy Fuster
July 30th, 2012
Doesn’t take much to fool the Times. After all, it is run by a bunch of liberals.
Maudie N Mandeville
July 30th, 2012
Wow! The NYT can be scammed with a fake editorial? I wonder if it’s that easy to fake a birth certificate? Inquiring minds now REALLY want to know.
even steven
July 30th, 2012
The brain dead hacks at that yellow rag couldn’t pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were printed on the heel.