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Captain Midnight
Type: Hacker. Summary: In 1986 a tech-savvy hacker interrupted a cable channel broadcast with his own transmission. Posted by: Elliot Feldman On April 27, 1986, late night HBO subscribers watching the movie “The Falcon and the Snowman” were surprised by a sudden interruption of service. A color bar test pattern…
Fake News Comedy Shows
Type: Satire. Summary: A brief history of “fake news” comedy shows. Posted by: Elliot Feldman Before Jon Stewart While “The Daily Show” hits its targets more often than not, the line between “fake news” and real news seems to be blurring a bit in recent months. Show host Jon Stewart’s…
Flemish Secession Hoax
Type: Television News Hoax. Summary: In 2006, on a Belgian TV station news broadcast, it was announced that Flanders, the Dutch-speaking half of the country, had seceded from the country. Thirty minutes into the news bulletin, only after the station’s phonelines were swamped, it was revealed to be a hoax.…
Press Your Luck Scandal
Type: Beating the System. Summary: A contestant became a big winner on a game show by realizing that the computerized game sequence was not random. Posted by: Elliot Feldman Michael Larson plays Press Your LuckOn May 19, 1984, Michael Larson, an unemployed ice cream truck driver from Lebanon, Ohio, won…
Sibuxiang Beast
Type: Advertising Hoax. Summary: Chinese advertisement warning TV viewers to beware of the Sibuxiang Beast is mistaken as a real warning and causes mass panic. On the evening of September 19, 1994 a stark warning was repeatedly broadcast to TV viewers in Taiyuan, a city in northern China. A message…
Space Cadets
Type: Reality TV hoax. Summary: In 2005, the British television show “Space Cadets” pulled off the most expensive and elaborate hoax in English television history. Posted by: Elliot Feldman In 2005, all of Britain was talking about a new Channel 4 reality series, “Space Cadets.” The show’s alleged concept: twelve…
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Captain Midnight
Type: Hacker. Summary: In 1986 a tech-savvy hacker interrupted a cable channel broadcast with his own transmission. Posted by: Elliot Feldman On April 27, 1986, late night HBO subscribers watching the movie “The Falcon and the Snowman” were surprised by a sudden interruption of service. A color bar test pattern…
Fake News Comedy Shows
Type: Satire. Summary: A brief history of “fake news” comedy shows. Posted by: Elliot Feldman Before Jon Stewart While “The Daily Show” hits its targets more often than not, the line between “fake news” and real news seems to be blurring a bit in recent months. Show host Jon Stewart’s…
Flemish Secession Hoax
Type: Television News Hoax. Summary: In 2006, on a Belgian TV station news broadcast, it was announced that Flanders, the Dutch-speaking half of the country, had seceded from the country. Thirty minutes into the news bulletin, only after the station’s phonelines were swamped, it was revealed to be a hoax.…
Press Your Luck Scandal
Type: Beating the System. Summary: A contestant became a big winner on a game show by realizing that the computerized game sequence was not random. Posted by: Elliot Feldman Michael Larson plays Press Your LuckOn May 19, 1984, Michael Larson, an unemployed ice cream truck driver from Lebanon, Ohio, won…
Sibuxiang Beast
Type: Advertising Hoax. Summary: Chinese advertisement warning TV viewers to beware of the Sibuxiang Beast is mistaken as a real warning and causes mass panic. On the evening of September 19, 1994 a stark warning was repeatedly broadcast to TV viewers in Taiyuan, a city in northern China. A message…
Space Cadets
Type: Reality TV hoax. Summary: In 2005, the British television show “Space Cadets” pulled off the most expensive and elaborate hoax in English television history. Posted by: Elliot Feldman In 2005, all of Britain was talking about a new Channel 4 reality series, “Space Cadets.” The show’s alleged concept: twelve…