You may have caught the news item yesterday about a stunt that the satirical group The Yes Men pulled at the National Press Club. Yes Man Andy Bichlbaum posed as a spokesman for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, announcing that the business group had reversed its position opposing climate change legislation and would cease campaigning against it. But in the middle of the faux press conference, an actual official of the Chamber interrupted the proceedings and a mini-melee followed. The jig is most definitely up around 1:05 of the following video of the incident.

Posted on October 21, 2009 at 3:50 pm
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