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[1] The Flemish Secession hoax of 2006. Fuckart & Pimp, a hoax exhibition at London's Decima gallery which purported to be the show of a female artist having sex with clients to consummate the sale of her paintings, created a worldwide media scandal but was later revealed to be a hoax. Stephen Glass, reporter for The New Republic.
[1] Book of Jasher – the name of a lost book mentioned several times in the Bible, which was subject to at least two high-profile forgeries in the 18th and 19th century. [2] [3] Gospel of Josephus – 1927 forgery attributed to Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, actually created by Italian writer Luigi Moccia to raise publicity for one of his ...
In 1912 there was the "discovery" of a supposed missing link in human evolution known as the Piltdown Man or Dawson's Dawn Man. Regarding this famous hoax, Feder notes it consisted of a modern human-like cranium and a primitive ape-like jaw. Human ancestors were actually the opposite - having an ape-like cranium perched atop the post-cranial ...
George Mason University's historical hoaxes; Giant penguin hoax; Giant human skeletons; Suicide of Joe Gliniewicz; Global Warming Hoax of 1874; Gorgeous Guy; Gospel of Jesus' Wife; Grave Creek Stone; Great Blue Hill eruption prank; Great Moon Hoax; Great Rose Bowl Hoax; Great Salt Lake whale hoax; Great Wall of China hoax; The Greek Psalter ...
One instance of fake news was the Great Moon Hoax of 1835. The Sun newspaper of New York published articles about a real-life astronomer and a made-up colleague who, according to the hoax, had observed bizarre life on the Moon. The fictionalized articles successfully attracted new subscribers, and the penny paper suffered very little backlash ...
The footage had a deep impact throughout the media, and networks all over the world broadcast pictures representing what appears to be a corpse lying on a bed. It was revealed to be a hoax. [6] Project Mogul was presented as the official explanation of the case.
Here's a timeline of the legal fallout of Jones' inflammatory claims. Alex Jones is called up to testify at the Travis County Courthouse Tuesday Aug. 2, 2022, in Austin.
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