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Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire. Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks , typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.
The Big Donor Show, a hoax reality television program in the Netherlands about a terminally ill woman donating her kidneys to one of three people requiring a transplantation. C. W. Blubberhouse, whose letters in UK national newspapers were exposed as a hoax by the Sunday Times.
Atching Lillian's San Nicolas cookies were the first to make a name for the chef, who was then fresh out of college, graduating with a Home Economics degree from the Philippine Women's University. ABS-CBN News' 2016 feature article mentions that the chef still used the 300-year-old recipe she unearthed from archival research during her college ...
Fake news in the Philippines refers to the general and widespread misinformation or disinformation in the country by various actors. It has been problematic in the Philippines where social media and alike plays a key role in influencing topics and information ranging from politics, health, belief, religion, current events, aid, lifestyle, elections and others.
Jose E. Marco was a Filipino writer and forger who created some of the most infamous hoaxes and forgeries relating to Philippine history, producing artifacts purported to have come from the pre-colonial and Spanish eras such as the Code of Kalantiaw, touted as the first law code in the Philippines, and La Loba Negra, a novel supposedly written by Filipino proto-nationalist priest Jose Burgos ...
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A painting on the wall of an Egyptian tomb near Luxor displays a 4,000 year-old recipe for baking bread. Journalist William Sitwell's first book, A History of Food in 100 Recipes, tells the story ...
A hoax news report conveys a half-truth used deliberately to mislead the public. [21] Hoax may serve the goal of propaganda or disinformation – using social media to drive web traffic and amplify their effect. [22] [23] [24] Unlike news satire, fake news websites seek to mislead, rather than entertain, readers for financial or political gain ...