So You Mean They Don't Support Climate Change Legislation? Shocking

On Monday, infamous pranksters The Yes Men pulled a hoax of the non-boy-in-a-balloon variety. These guys took on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, staging a press conference where they claimed to represent the group. Their fake spokesman went on to announce the Chamber of Commerce's new found support for climate change legislation.

This went on until the real spokesman showed up, and he was pretty pissed. Watch:



The hoax was picked up by Reuters and rippled through the media all the way to the far edge, where Fox Business Network picked it up and promptly dropped it:



In fairness, FBN weren't the only ones to bite on the delightful scam.