There will be a special place in hell for those people who are so sure that someone else is wrong/evil that they make up wrong/evil stories/viewpoints and ascribe them to the object of their derision.
And there are some who still believe “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me”.
Here’s the website of the guys that made up this story - the Yes Men. http://www.theyesmen.org/ Maybe they just deserve Purgatory - they are equal opportunity satirists.
Just heard one of them, “Wilfred Sassoon”, interviewed on the BBC this AM about the fake NYT they passed out yesterday that announced that the Iraq War was over. An entire paper of fake news!