June 27, 1994: O.J.'s Darkened Mug ShotTime magazine used a mug shot of O.J. Simpson on its June 27, 1994 cover. However,
Newsweek ran the same mug shot on its cover that week. When the two covers appeared side-by-side on newsstands, it became very obvious that
Time had altered the mugshot by darkening it.
Time argued that it had artistically interpreted the mugshot to make it into an "icon of tragedy." But critics charged
Time with racially motivated photofakery.
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June 27, 2012: Phony Back to the Future DayThousands of Facebook users shared a photo that appeared to show that June 27, 2012 was "Back to the Future Day" — the day on which Marty McFly arrives in the future in the 1989 Movie
Back to the Future II. However, the actual date of BTF day is Oct. 21, 2015. The phony image had been created as part of a promotion of a box set of
Back to the Future DVDs.
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