• the time they appeared on the BBC as Dow, announcing that Union Carbide would be liquidated to compensate the people of Bhopal,
• the Halliburton “survival ball” for withstanding the extremes of climate change – “demonstrate the turtle positition please”,
• one time they announced that HUD would re-open all public housing in New Orleans (watch for the local resident who assures the media that she’s happy to be hoaxed.. she’ll invite the guy to her bbq).

CLASSIC !!

What do you mean, video not available?
Try the Pop Talks site. i think this is the direct link to the video m4v file.

Disclaimer: Someone i know very closely was once hoaxed by the Yes Men.
“We need a speaker from the GATT for our conference.”
“Sure, we’ll do it!”
No i won’t say his or her name here on the 5×5.blog, but i will say that this person was mildly embarrassed. But hey it could have happened to anyone. And that the mistake was discovered before the conference. Phew.

Respect to the hoaxee !!

Linkies:

• yes men on pixieweedia, i mean wikiwikifeedya.
• the hoax GATT / WTO site.
• Similar video talk sites: Australian speakers at slowtv.com.au.
• TED talks has bundles of good speakers from their conferences.
• Yes Men site.
• Pop Tech Talks.

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