Weird History
The Story Behond 'War of the Worlds' Radio Show
In 1938, aliens attacked. Well, that's at least what Americans heard over the radio. Orson Welles and a group of actors interrupted a radio broadcast to warn the public that the planet had been invaded by aliens - really, they were just...
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Towards automated fact checking with Andreas Vlachos: Fact checking chatbots
How should automated fact checking be integrated in social media platforms? How can a fact check have an impact? Towards automated fact checking with Andreas Vlachos, Part 3
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Towards automated fact checking with Andreas Vlachos: From identifying falsehoods to suggestion mechanisms
Are human and machine fact checkers shifting from identifying falsehoods to suggestion mechanisms? Towards automated fact checking with Andreas Vlachos, Part 4
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War of the Worlds: The Hoax of a Century
The infamous 'War of the Worlds' radio broadcast was a 'fake' news report of a devastating alien invasion advancing on New York City - that changed broadcasting forever.
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Astrology: Fact or Fiction?
A significant percentage of the population believes in astrology. This is the notion that the positions of the stars and planets in the sky at the moment of your birth have an influence on your characteristics, and that their positions...
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Illinois Supreme Court throws out actor Jussie Smollett's conviction in 2019 hate crime hoax
The actor's appeal argued that a special prosecutor should not have been allowed to intervene after the Cook County state's attorney initially dropped charges. (Scripps News)
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An inventor demonstrates a homemade flying saucer in his backyard.
An inventor demonstrates a homemade flying saucer in his backyard.
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'The Hoax' New York Premiere
Atmosphere: The Hoax at the 'The Hoax' New York Premiere at Cinema 1,2,& 3 in New York, New York on April 1, 2007. (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images)
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Flying saucers float through a cloudy sky.
Flying saucers float through a cloudy sky.
Sky News
Email bomb hoax received at West London schools
CLEAN: Exterior shots of parents arriving to pick up their children and departing 'Strand on the Green' junior school after a bomb alert including shots of the school sign on 19th March 2018 in Chiswick, London, United Kingdom
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Accused con man Gaston Means released on bond
Title card: "Gaston Means Freed on Bond Praises D. C. Jail - Here is man accused by Mrs. McLean of Washington who paid $100,000 ransom to recover Lindbergh baby" / accused con man Gaston Means leaves jail accompanied by bondsman and...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Hoax uncovered in Lindbergh baby kidnapping case
Title card: "Gigantic Hoax in Lindy Baby Case Startles World - Curtis confession and revelations by Condon on ransom redouble efforts of authorities to find murderers" / CU man being interviewed / courthouse exterior / CU man being...
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CLEAN : Police cordon in place after London Bridge attack
Images of police at the scene of an attack at London Bridge where a man wearing a suspected hoax explosive device was shot dead by armed officers after what police say was a terrorist stabbing spree (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Sky News
Queens residents react to Trump news
VOICED: Residents of hard-hit borough of Queens, NY, react to news of Donald Trump's positive COVID test. SHOWS: Street scenes in Queens, NY, Elmhurst Hospital with signage and ambulances arriving, laundrette, file shots of anti-mask...
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USA: WASHINGTON: PUERTO RICO DEBATE
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The US House of Representatives held a hearing on Wednesday to debate a bill which proposes the recognition of Puerto Rico's permanent entry as an enhanced commonwealth into the United States.
The bill would grant Puerto...
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CLEAN : Hundreds more police for London
Police are deploying several hundred more officers to secure this weekends London Marathon in the wake of the bombings at the Boston race Scotland Yard said on Friday. CLEAN : Hundreds more police for London on April 19, 2013 in London,...
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Trump Deposed In Defamation Suit Filed By E. Jean Carroll
Writer E. Jean Carroll alleges former President Donald Trump raped her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.
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AP Fact Check: Trump On The Economy
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Detroit - 8 August 2016 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, (R) Presidential Nominee:"Hillary Clinton short-circuited again, to use a now famous term, when she...
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Trump pick for interior post on climate, oil
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST:POOL - AP Clients Only Washington - 17 January 20171. Interior Secretary nominee Ryan Zinke walking into hearing 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Bernie Sanders, Vermont senator (Independent):"Is...
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CLEAN : In China California governor calls for more climate action
US President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris Agreement on climate change is galvanizing US cities and states to take action on global warming says California Governor Jerry Brown as he seeks to fill the US leadership...
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Trump honors NDSU football champs with fast food
President Donald Trump celebrated the Division 1-winning North Dakota State University football team at the White House Monday with a lunch that includes Big Macs, french fries and Chick-fil-A sandwiches.
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Alex Jones Concedes Sandy Hook Attack Was '100% Real'
Jones' testimony came a day after the parents suing him told the courtroom that the false hoax claims Jones pushed made their lives a “living hell."
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Trump honors NDSU football champs with fast food
President Donald Trump celebrated the Division 1-winning North Dakota State University football team at the White House Monday with a lunch that includes Big Macs, french fries and Chick-fil-A sandwiches.