Mossback's Northwest
The Northwest’s most notable hoaxes
5/21/2019 | 5m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Fake news is not new—hoaxes have been around for ages. We look at some that made real news
Sometimes so-called “fake news” makes real news. We focus on three famous Seattle hoaxes that shook up the region: an April Fool’s report that the Space Needle had collapsed, a fake “grunge lexicon” that fooled the New York Times, and a prank that sold 83,000 cups of chowder.
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Mossback's Northwest is a local public television program presented by Cascade PBS
Mossback's Northwest
The Northwest’s most notable hoaxes
5/21/2019 | 5m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Sometimes so-called “fake news” makes real news. We focus on three famous Seattle hoaxes that shook up the region: an April Fool’s report that the Space Needle had collapsed, a fake “grunge lexicon” that fooled the New York Times, and a prank that sold 83,000 cups of chowder.
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