Martin Eisenstadt’s Blog

It’s amazing how the Mainstream Media continue to perpetuate the story from the fake version of the New York Times that claimed that I, Martin Eisenstadt, don’t exist. I saw that this morning, The Huffington Post has a clip of CNN’s “Reliable Sources” show with the Washington Post media reporter, Howie Kurtz. It seems that Kurtz read the New York Times story from Nov. 13, and assumed it was real. But he apparently forgot that that was the same day the Yes Men printed their “hoax” version of the Times declaring that the war in Iraq was over.

Look, I’ve known Howie for years (we worked the ring-toss booth years ago at a District-wide Purim carnival) and he’s usually a careful analyst of the media, but ever since he took a foul ball in the noggin at a Nationals game last year (so much for those primo WashPo first base seats), his long-term memory has been a little shaky. But he still has a 300-watt smile and fills his Men’s Warehouse suits well with his rock-hard abs. As eyecandy, he’s always been a strong lead-in to Blitzer’s show on CNN and I know Wolf likes having him around.

Let’s face it, though, Howie’s far from the only one who’s fallen for the Times piece. It’s been picked up in newspapers, TV and magazines from the largest magazine and newspaper in Brazil to the vaunted Guardian in the UK; L’Express in France to die Zeit in Germany; as well as the largest newspapers from the Netherlands to Norway, Spain, Argentina, Portugal and Taiwan. So much for “reliable sources.”

And in case you haven’t noticed, in honor of Cyber Monday, I encourage everyone to buy their loved one a gift that says out loud what I’ve been saying for years:

“I’M MARTIN EISENSTADT” A simple declaration of existence. When the blogs says you don’t exist, when a hoax version of the New York Times says you don’t exist, and when CNN says you don’t exist, then you have one choice: Stand up and declare that YOU are Martin Eisenstadt. So far, it’s been working for me.

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