Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The Yes Men Vrs the US Chamber of Commerce

Once Again, the Yes Men are in the news. For the first time in their history, they are being sued. The US Chamber of Commerce is extremely sore over last weeks stunt, which prompted a bunch of bad media for them. I read the complaint from this powerful lobbying group this morning and was shocked that they referred to my video as "high quality" and also to me as an "award-winning filmmaker." For a bunch of Earth haters, they really know how to throw on the charm. Here is my video of the stunt and two articles about the lawsuit linked below.



From the NY Times:

U.S. Chamber Sues Activists Over Climate Stunt

By ANNE C. MULKERN of Greenwire


The U.S. Chamber filed a lawsuit yesterday against activists who last week staged a fake news conference announcing that the business trade group had changed its policy on climate legislation.

Link to Full Article


From the Wall Street Journal
:

Chamber Says 'No Thanks' to the Yes Men

The pranksters who impersonated U.S. Chamber of Commerce officials in a bogus news conference last week are getting smacked with a federal lawsuit in reply.

Full Article (link to complaint in article (mentions my excellent video work))

Yes Men Series that I'm Producing

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Babelgum Yes Men Series

I've finished the first eight of a series of 22 short films on the infamous Yes Men.





The full series is at :www.babelgum.com/yesmen

My Footage of the Yes Men In the News



New Urbanism Series

Hello,

I know I haven't wrote in a while, but I've been busy. I helped my friend Kelly Loudenberg make the New Urbanism series for Babelgum.com. Here are two of my favorites:





The full series is at :www.babelgum.com/newurbanism