I usually don’t read Frank out of some kind of karma thing, but this cracks me up. Editor Michael Bate created this faux “Support Lord Black” website, which totally faked out the Globe and Mail, New York magazine, National Post, Toronto Star and Canadian Business. Even better–according to Canadian Magazines blog, Bate, AKA Alastair Smith, received an email from Lord Nastiness who said he was flattered and would send them “Conrad will win t-shirts.” Couldn’t happen to a nicer fellow.
This article appears in Mar 8-14, 2007.
