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That is, until the rise of web-based news brought it all back in full force. Eventually there was a backlash against the lack of journalistic integrity: The public demanded more objective and reliable news sources, which created a niche that the The New York Times was established to fill at the turn of the 20 th century. In the 1890s, rival American newspaper publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Hearst competed over the audience through sensationalism and reporting rumors as though they were facts, a practice that became known at the time as “yellow journalism.” Their incredulous news played a role in leading the US into the Spanish-American War of 1898. It was used by Nazi propaganda machines to build anti-Semitic fervor. In the 1800s in the US, racist sentiment led to the publication of false stories about African Americans’ supposed deficiencies and crimes.

The very first American colonial newspaper ran a fake story about France’s Louis XIV. It played a role in catalyzing the Enlightenment, when the Catholic Church’s false explanation of the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake prompted Voltaire to speak out against religious dominance. There’s lots of examples of false news throughout history. What’s more outrageous to read about than fake things that didn’t actually happen? History On the internet, headline forms called clickbait entice people to click to read more, by trying to shock and amaze us. It’s been a part of media history long before social media, since the invention of the printing press. Source: Wikipediaįalse and distorted news material isn’t exactly a new thing. The Great Moon Hoax by the tabloid The Sun from 1835. The New York Sun’s 'Great Moon Hoax' of 1835 claimed that there was an alien civilization on the moon, and established the Sun as a leading, profitable newspaper.”

By the early 19th century, modern newspapers came on the scene, touting scoops and exposés, but also fake stories to increase circulation.

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