LAHORE – According to The Washington Post (the real one, of course), fakeeditions of their newspaper were distributed on Wednesday in Washington.Spokeswoman Kris Coratti said, “We will not tolerate others misrepresentingthemselves as The Washington Post, and we are deeply concerned about theconfusion if causes among readers. We are seeking to halt further improperuse of our trademarks.”
The Post’s P.R. team has confirmed that they’re indeed fake. The paper wasdated way ahead, 19th May 2019, with various stories regarding Trump thatwent against him in every aspect.
This was the job of a group that describes itself as a “trickster activistcollective” named the Yes Men. They confessed to creating this havoc.
It reported that Trump had resigned by writing on a napkin that he has leftWashington for Yalta, the Crimean resort where Allied leaders during WW IImet.
The reason of stepping down as President of the States was said to beprotests by women that forced Trump to leave his position.
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Jacques Servin, one of the founders of the Yes Men, said that it cost them$40,000 to create the print and digital newspapers. The idea behind it wasto predict the future.
Long-time grassroots organizer LA Kauffman told the Guardian that, “It wasdesigned as a creative intervention to help spread hope and joy. Theelement of surprise was important for that goal. The fact that (Trump) hasa steady drumbeat of attacks on fake news should not keep us from dreamingand imagining a different future, and using a vehicle of a newspaper tocommunicate that. It is dreaming, it is not deception.”
