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Hoaxes

Posted on November 10, 2020November 10, 2022

Notable hoaxes

Orson Welles’ ‘War of the Worlds’ broadcast: a fake report on alien invasion in 1938

Alan Sokal: the fake ‘postmodern’ academic article

The Blair Witch Project: a found footage horror film marketed as a real event

Other

Tommaso De Beneditti: Twitter hoaxer ‘did it to expose weak media’

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