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  • Weekly Standard Delivers Spoof of Post-Revolutionary War Media

    04/29/2003 6:52:45 AM PDT · by fight_truth_decay · 31 replies · 413+ views
    MRC ^ | Tuesday April 29, 2003, 6:50am EDT | BrentBaker
    A great media parody. The back page of the just-published May 5 edition of the Weekly Standard carries a mock-up of an imagined front page of the "Ye Newe York Times" from November 11, 1781, full of angst about the future immediately after America's victory over Britain. Though it is based upon the New York Times, it could apply to much of the angst over the Iraq war expressed at times in many media outlets. The graphic image is online at: Weekly Standard. MRC analyst Patrick Gregory typed in my favorite parts: -- The top headline: "THREE WEEKS AFTER YORKTOWN,...