NEW YORK ( CNN ) -- A day before the United Nations held a climate change summit , New York City was blanketed with 100,000 fake copies of the New York Post tabloid , filled with content related to climate change . The Yes Men activist group says everything in the bogus edition of the tabloid is `` 100 percent '' true . But the Post , owned by Rupert Murdoch 's News Corp. , was n't impressed , calling the effort by perennial pranksters the Yes Men a `` Witless Spoof in Flawless Format '' in a statement released Tuesday , a day after the faux Post hit the streets . The overall endeavor , the Post said , was a `` limp effort , '' and the fraudulent newspaper `` has none of the wit and insight New Yorkers expect from their favorite paper . The Post will not be hiring any of their headline writers . '' A phony `` Early City Special '' edition of the popular tabloid greeted millions of New York City commuters early Monday with a blaring `` WE 'RE SCREWED '' headline . The headline and everything else in the 32-page publication , including some bogus advertisements and comics , revolved around climate change . Even the Post 's notorious `` Page Six '' gossip and `` Best Sports in Town '' sections were spoofed with various true celebrity and sports articles connected to the green movement and climate change awareness . A statement released by the Yes Men , an activist group whose members have posed as officials and spokesmen of various organizations , companies and agencies , said that although their version of the New York Post is a fake , `` everything in it is 100 percent true , with all facts carefully checked by a team of editors and climate change experts . '' Watch protesters don `` SurvivaBalls '' near U.N. » . The Post parody appeared a day before Tuesday 's U.N. climate change summit , `` where Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will push 100 world leaders to make serious commitments to reduce carbon emissions in the lead-up to the Copenhagen climate conference in December , '' the group said . The United Nations said that 54 presidents , 35 prime ministers and one prince were attending Tuesday 's events . Former Vice President Al Gore and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair also were involved . Yes Men spokeswoman Natalie Johns said the aim of the stunt was to `` report really important and relevant issues that have not been in the press a day before a U.N. climate meeting . '' Johns said the fake New York Post printing cost between $ 30,000 and $ 40,000 , and was funded by numerous private donations of various amounts . On November 12 , 2008 , New Yorkers awoke to the organization 's first prank-in-print , finding strategically located `` special editions '' of The New York Times around the city . The counterfeit Times , dated July 4 , 2009 , centered on the fictitious conclusion of the Iraq war , as well as other matters connected with the end of the Bush administration . The Yes Men also have posed as spokesmen for organizations including the World Trade Organization and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development . Their activities were documented in the 2003 film `` The Yes Men . ''
Fake edition of New York Post has ads , `` Page Six '' column related to climate change . 10,000 copies blanket city a day before United Nations climate change summit . Activist group Yes Men says aim of the stunt is to reveal underreported issues . News Corp. , owner of the real New York Post , calls endeavor a `` limp effort ''