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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > On Fake News, Clickbait & Hoaxes: Verified by Snopes to be True
 
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erosion
Dec 21, 2002

It's true and I'm tired of pretending it isn't
What I'm getting from all of this is we need a "War of the Worlds" type of event every so often.

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erosion
Dec 21, 2002

It's true and I'm tired of pretending it isn't

Phyzzle posted:

Was he "War of the Worlds" event was a very effective piece of fake news . . . or do we just think so because of some vaguely sourced news stories that later blew up virally ?

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/history/2013/10/orson_welles_war_of_the_worlds_panic_myth_the_infamous_radio_broadcast_did.html

Awesome, my example of an event to fake out the fake news turned out to be fake. Getting meta in here.

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