This story was featured today on "CNN Newsroom with Rick Sanchez."
A huge media fiasco occurred yesterday when a group known as the "Yes Men" pulled off an elaborate hoax that fooled multiple news stations.
The "Yes Men" posed as officials from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and called a press conference in which they revealed false information that the Chamber was going to support climate control legislation, which is contradictory to what the Chamber stands for. Many news organizations were present, (Fox News, CNBC, the New York Times).
After a while, a representative from the real U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Eric Wohlschlegel, burst into the room declaring that the meeting was a "stunt" and that the man at the podium was not a legitimate member of the Chamber. The Yes Men retorted asking for Wohlschlegel's business card. Wohlschlegel in turn asked for his, and left the room handing out business cards to members of the press who were in attendance.
Watch these videos:
We have talked a couple weeks ago about the nature of breaking news. Could this situation been handled better instead of turning into a media fiasco? Should the media (one lady in the first video says she knew the guy wasn't from the Chamber) have caught on that this was a hoax before it happened? Clearly some people in the room knew he wasn't a legitimate representative. What should have happened?
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