hoax
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Hoax bomb threats to airlines are not unusual in India but it's not clear what triggered the sudden surge since Monday.
From BBC • Oct. 16, 2024
This strange 19th-century version of a meme is called the Tom Collins Hoax of 1874, an event of practical jokery so famous, it was immortalized in song and the archives of the Library of Congress.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023
There, he called Carroll's rape claim a "Hoax and a lie" for promoting her memoir, and maintained that she was "not my type!"
From Reuters • Apr. 20, 2023
Hoax calls to law enforcement have also been weaponized against tech executives and journalists.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023
A nineteenth-century illustration of the 1835 Great Moon Hoax.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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