GOAL: Raise the public idea that if Bank of America was to be bailed out with taxpayer money, taxpayers ought to have a say in what it becomes.
SUCCESS: 7/10. This action clearly exposed the contradiction between public and private, and contributed to the Occupy discourse which did have a strong effect on American politics (though, of course, never strong enough).
- bizjournals.com: Bank of America punked by fake website, yourbofa.com - Boston Business Journal (archive)
- charlotteobserver.com: Bank of America is subject of phony news release, website | CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper (orig link)
- CNN: Parody site puts Bank of America in your hands - Apr. 20, 2012 (archive)
- Forbes: Bank Of America's Big Apology? It Was A Bogus Campaign - Forbes (archive)
- Forbes: The Fake Press Release (archive)
- foxbusiness.com: Dow Jones Mistakenly Published Fake Press Release | Fox Business (orig link)
- foxbusiness.com: Bank Of America Is Target Of Fake Press Release | Fox Business (orig link)
- Huffington Post: Fake Bank Of America Website, YourBofA, Asks People How They Would Run BofA (archive)
- ktnv.com: Bank of America warning customers website not theirs - www.ktnv.com (orig link)
- occupy.com: Don't Forget the Funny | Occupy.com (archive)
- odwyerpr.com: Dow Jones Carries Phony Bank of America Release (orig link)
- rawstory.com: Google blacklists Bank of America parody website | The Raw Story (orig link)
- rt.com: Whose bank? Our bank! The Yes Men explain their prank on BofA — RT (orig link)
- theatlanticwire.com: Bank of America Sees Real Profits Following Fake Campaign - Business - The Atlantic Wire (archive)
- upworthy.com: TOP 10 LIST: Bank Of America! Prank! Comedy! Yay! (archive)
- wagingnonviolence.org: ‘Why do oppressed people have such great jokes?’ — The Yes Men’s Andy Bichlbaum (archive)
- Wall Street Journal: Bank of America Now Target of Fake Press Release - Deal Journal - WSJ (orig link)
- yesmagazine.org: If You—and the Yes Men—Owned Bank of America by Laura Gottesdiener — YES! Magazine (orig link)
- Truthout: If You - and the Yes Men - Owned Bank of America | Truthout (archive)
- AOL: Bank of America Spoof Website Shows the Joke Is on Us (archive)
- Marketplace: Activists take on Bank of America with fake website - Marketplace (archive)
- Humor Times: Bank of America Denounces Hoax: "Yes Men" Strike Again? - Humor Times (archive)
- Rainforest Action Network: What If You Owned Bank of America? We Teamed Up With The Yes Men to Find Out What You'd Do - The Understory - Rainforest Action Network (archive)
- Punk Patriot: PunkPatriot.com: The Yes Men tackle Bank of America (archive)