Artifact
N.Y. 'Sun' Launches Six-Part Fake News Series, 1835
This paper features the beginning of the Great Moon Hoax, in which The Sun fooled readers into thinking that life had been discovered on the moon using a special new telescope.
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Artifact Date
August 25, 1835
Topic(s)
- Journalism
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N.Y. 'Sun' Launches Six-Part Fake News Series, 1835
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