Jump to content

The best of Google Video and YouTube


Poop Man Bob

Recommended Posts

This forum is supported by the 12ozProphet Shop, so go buy a shirt and help support!
This forum is brought to you by the 12ozProphet Shop.
This forum is brought to you by the 12oz Shop.

Air Force One Subject of Internet Hoax

By TED BRIDIS, Associated Press Writer

2 hours, 1 minute ago

WASHINGTON - A startling Internet video that shows someone spraying graffiti

on President Bush's jet looked so authentic that the Air Force wasn't

immediately certain whether the plane had been targeted.

 

It was all a hoax. No one actually sprayed the slogan "Still Free" on the

cowling of Air Force One.

 

The pranksters responsible for the grainy, two-minute Web video — employed

by a New York fashion company — revealed Friday how they pulled it off: a

rented 747 in California painted to look almost exactly like Air Force One.

 

"I wanted to do something culturally significant, wanted to create a real

pop-culture moment," said Marc Ecko of Marc Ecko Enterprises. "It's this

completely irreverent, over-the-top thing that could really never happen: this

five-dollar can of paint putting a pimple on this Goliath."

 

The video shows hooded graffiti artists climbing barbed-wire fences and

sneaking past guards with dogs to approach the jumbo jet. They spray-paint a

slogan associated with free expression.

 

After the video began circulating on the Web on Tuesday, the Air Force

checked to see whether the plane had been vandalized.

 

"We're looking at it, too," said Lt. Col. Bruce Alexander, a spokesman for

the Air Mobility Command's 89th Airlift Wing, which operates Air Force One. "It

looks very real."

 

Alexander later confirmed that no such spray-painting had occurred.

 

Ecko acknowledged Friday that his company had rented a 747 cargo jet at San

Bernardino's airport and covertly painted one side to look like Air Force One.

Employees signed secrecy agreements and worked inside a giant hangar until

the night the video was made. Ecko declined to say how much the stunt cost.

 

"It's not cheap," he said. "You have to be rich."

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...