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Ann Coulter and the NASCAR Prank
Political Animal
by Steve Benen and Featuring Hilroz
Washington Monthly
April 2, 2009
Who among us would fall for the NASCAR prank?…. It probably seemed, at first, like an amusing idea of an April Fools’ Day prank. Car and Driver magazine “reported” that President Obama told Chevrolet and Dodge this week that they would only be eligible for federal aid if they pulled out of NASCAR events. The move, the “article” said, would save more than $250 million.
The prank caused quite an uproar, the magazine apologized, and editors later acknowledged the joke went “too far.” The parody piece has since been pulled from the Car and Driver website.
The funny part, as it turns out, is seeing who fell for the prank.
In her April 1 column, Ann Coulter fell for a fake April Fools’ Day article by Car and Driver magazine that claimed that President Obama has ordered General Motors and Chrysler to cease their participation in NASCAR because it is an “unnecessary expenditure.” Coulter wrote, “If Obama can tell GM and Chrysler that their participation in NASCAR is an ‘unnecessary expenditure,’ isn’t having public schools force students to follow Muslim rituals, recite Islamic prayers and plan ‘jihads’ also an ‘unnecessary expenditure’?” Continue reading “Ann Coulter and the NASCAR Prank”
Fox TV Whoops It Up on April Fools Day
Video: FOX’s April Fool’s Day Pranks on ‘Bones’, ‘House M.D.’ and Others
AceShowbiz
April 02, 2009
Here are some of the April Fool’s pranks and stunts that were played on the FOX sets of their primetime series. Visit here to see and read more.
Happy April Fools’ Day from Improv Everywhere
Follow-up submitted by Josh Jasper, April 15, 2009:
From Charlie Todd of Improv Everywhere:
30 Improv Everywhere agents found a random funeral in the obituary section of the newspaper and turned it into the best funeral ever. We picked a man who had very few surviving relatives and then showed up to his funeral to make it truly awesome
Edited by Matt Adams:
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All the Twit that’s Fit to Print
Happy April Fools’ Day from Tim Jackson:
Twitter switch for Guardian, after 188 years of ink
by Rio Palof
The Guardian
1 April 2009
Consolidating its position at the cutting edge of new media technology, the Guardian today announces that it will become the first newspaper in the world to be published exclusively via Twitter, the sensationally popular social networking service that has transformed online communication.
The move, described as “epochal” by media commentators, will see all Guardian content tailored to fit the format of Twitter’s brief text messages, known as “tweets”, which are limited to 140 characters each. Boosted by the involvement of celebrity “twitterers”, such as Madonna, Britney Spears and Stephen Fry, Twitter’s profile has surged in recent months, attracting more than 5m users who send, read and reply to tweets via the web or their mobile phones.
As a Twitter-only publication, the Guardian will be able to harness the unprecedented newsgathering power of the service, demonstrated recently when a passenger on a plane that crashed outside Denver was able to send real-time updates on the story as it developed, as did those witnessing an emergency landing on New York’s Hudson River. It has also radically democratised news publishing, enabling anyone with an internet connection to tell the world when they are feeling sad, or thinking about having a cup of tea. Continue reading “All the Twit that’s Fit to Print”