Pranks In Print--A Collection of Fake Stories, Phony Ads and other Media Mischief
What is Pranks in Print about? It’s a collection of stories about stories, ads and even books that have been presented to readers as the truth, but were really trickery in type. Sometimes readers caught on to the prank quickly, others realized something was amiss only after reading for a while and still others knew they’d been taken in only when the prank was exposed. Pranks in print have occurred in newspapers, magazines and on the Internet.
In Pranks in Print the reader will learn about how some of the best published pranks were meticulously planned such as Sports Illustrated’s 1985 story “The Curious Case of Sidd Finch.” Pranks in Print explains the impetus for and skullduggery that went into the best selling 1969 novel, Naked Came the Strange. Readers will learn why the November 3, 1948 issue of the Chicago Daily Tribune, with its infamous “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline was not an honest mistake but rather a political blunder.
Many of the stories in this book took place in the 20th century, but pranks stories are hardly a modern day thing. Benjamin Franklin produced a series of prank articles, “The Silence Dogood Letters,” which appeared in the New England Courant, in Boston in 1722. Numerous prank articles were written in the 19th century including a series of articles that would become known as the “Great Moon Hoax of 1835.” Shortly after the U.S. Civil War an article “The Miraculous Bullet” appeared in a Kentucky medical journal. It was hoax that some still believed true well into the middle of the 20th century.
There are thirty-six stories about the making of stories, ads and books that were all pranks in print.
“Everything that deceives may be said to enchant,” said Plato in -----. Abraham Lincoln said: “You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.” Both men were right. Pranks in Print gives you a look at some of the best printed hoaxes ever that fooled and enchanted a lot of people—at least for a while.
Did you fall for these printed hoaxes?
• The New York Mets had a pitching prospect, Sidd Finch, who could throw a 168 mph fastball. (Sports Illustrated April 1, 1985)
• Burger King’s ad announcing the company’s latest sandwich, the Left-Handed Whopper® for their southpaw customers. (1998)
• The Hotheaded Naked Ice Borers, discovered in Antarctica by Dr. Aprile Pazzo. (Discover Magazine April 1995)
• Naked Came the Stranger, ostensibly written by first time author Penelope Ash, which became a 1969 best seller.
• The Tasmanian Mock Walrus, which could eat up a house full of cockroaches, and threatened to put exterminators out of business. (Orlando Sentinel 1984)
• A report of “widespread” television interference throughout England caused by some women’s bras. (London Daily Mail, April 1, 1982)
If you read them and believed them you aren’t alone. A lot of other people fell for them. And no doubt, future pranks in print will find more victims.
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In Pranks in Print the reader will learn about how some of the best published pranks were meticulously planned such as Sports Illustrated’s 1985 story “The Curious Case of Sidd Finch.” Pranks in Print explains the impetus for and skullduggery that went into the best selling 1969 novel, Naked Came the Strange. Readers will learn why the November 3, 1948 issue of the Chicago Daily Tribune, with its infamous “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline was not an honest mistake but rather a political blunder.
Many of the stories in this book took place in the 20th century, but pranks stories are hardly a modern day thing. Benjamin Franklin produced a series of prank articles, “The Silence Dogood Letters,” which appeared in the New England Courant, in Boston in 1722. Numerous prank articles were written in the 19th century including a series of articles that would become known as the “Great Moon Hoax of 1835.” Shortly after the U.S. Civil War an article “The Miraculous Bullet” appeared in a Kentucky medical journal. It was hoax that some still believed true well into the middle of the 20th century.
There are thirty-six stories about the making of stories, ads and books that were all pranks in print.
“Everything that deceives may be said to enchant,” said Plato in -----. Abraham Lincoln said: “You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.” Both men were right. Pranks in Print gives you a look at some of the best printed hoaxes ever that fooled and enchanted a lot of people—at least for a while.
Did you fall for these printed hoaxes?
• The New York Mets had a pitching prospect, Sidd Finch, who could throw a 168 mph fastball. (Sports Illustrated April 1, 1985)
• Burger King’s ad announcing the company’s latest sandwich, the Left-Handed Whopper® for their southpaw customers. (1998)
• The Hotheaded Naked Ice Borers, discovered in Antarctica by Dr. Aprile Pazzo. (Discover Magazine April 1995)
• Naked Came the Stranger, ostensibly written by first time author Penelope Ash, which became a 1969 best seller.
• The Tasmanian Mock Walrus, which could eat up a house full of cockroaches, and threatened to put exterminators out of business. (Orlando Sentinel 1984)
• A report of “widespread” television interference throughout England caused by some women’s bras. (London Daily Mail, April 1, 1982)
If you read them and believed them you aren’t alone. A lot of other people fell for them. And no doubt, future pranks in print will find more victims.
Pranks In Print--A Collection of Fake Stories, Phony Ads and other Media Mischief
What is Pranks in Print about? It’s a collection of stories about stories, ads and even books that have been presented to readers as the truth, but were really trickery in type. Sometimes readers caught on to the prank quickly, others realized something was amiss only after reading for a while and still others knew they’d been taken in only when the prank was exposed. Pranks in print have occurred in newspapers, magazines and on the Internet.
In Pranks in Print the reader will learn about how some of the best published pranks were meticulously planned such as Sports Illustrated’s 1985 story “The Curious Case of Sidd Finch.” Pranks in Print explains the impetus for and skullduggery that went into the best selling 1969 novel, Naked Came the Strange. Readers will learn why the November 3, 1948 issue of the Chicago Daily Tribune, with its infamous “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline was not an honest mistake but rather a political blunder.
Many of the stories in this book took place in the 20th century, but pranks stories are hardly a modern day thing. Benjamin Franklin produced a series of prank articles, “The Silence Dogood Letters,” which appeared in the New England Courant, in Boston in 1722. Numerous prank articles were written in the 19th century including a series of articles that would become known as the “Great Moon Hoax of 1835.” Shortly after the U.S. Civil War an article “The Miraculous Bullet” appeared in a Kentucky medical journal. It was hoax that some still believed true well into the middle of the 20th century.
There are thirty-six stories about the making of stories, ads and books that were all pranks in print.
“Everything that deceives may be said to enchant,” said Plato in -----. Abraham Lincoln said: “You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.” Both men were right. Pranks in Print gives you a look at some of the best printed hoaxes ever that fooled and enchanted a lot of people—at least for a while.
Did you fall for these printed hoaxes?
• The New York Mets had a pitching prospect, Sidd Finch, who could throw a 168 mph fastball. (Sports Illustrated April 1, 1985)
• Burger King’s ad announcing the company’s latest sandwich, the Left-Handed Whopper® for their southpaw customers. (1998)
• The Hotheaded Naked Ice Borers, discovered in Antarctica by Dr. Aprile Pazzo. (Discover Magazine April 1995)
• Naked Came the Stranger, ostensibly written by first time author Penelope Ash, which became a 1969 best seller.
• The Tasmanian Mock Walrus, which could eat up a house full of cockroaches, and threatened to put exterminators out of business. (Orlando Sentinel 1984)
• A report of “widespread” television interference throughout England caused by some women’s bras. (London Daily Mail, April 1, 1982)
If you read them and believed them you aren’t alone. A lot of other people fell for them. And no doubt, future pranks in print will find more victims.
In Pranks in Print the reader will learn about how some of the best published pranks were meticulously planned such as Sports Illustrated’s 1985 story “The Curious Case of Sidd Finch.” Pranks in Print explains the impetus for and skullduggery that went into the best selling 1969 novel, Naked Came the Strange. Readers will learn why the November 3, 1948 issue of the Chicago Daily Tribune, with its infamous “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline was not an honest mistake but rather a political blunder.
Many of the stories in this book took place in the 20th century, but pranks stories are hardly a modern day thing. Benjamin Franklin produced a series of prank articles, “The Silence Dogood Letters,” which appeared in the New England Courant, in Boston in 1722. Numerous prank articles were written in the 19th century including a series of articles that would become known as the “Great Moon Hoax of 1835.” Shortly after the U.S. Civil War an article “The Miraculous Bullet” appeared in a Kentucky medical journal. It was hoax that some still believed true well into the middle of the 20th century.
There are thirty-six stories about the making of stories, ads and books that were all pranks in print.
“Everything that deceives may be said to enchant,” said Plato in -----. Abraham Lincoln said: “You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.” Both men were right. Pranks in Print gives you a look at some of the best printed hoaxes ever that fooled and enchanted a lot of people—at least for a while.
Did you fall for these printed hoaxes?
• The New York Mets had a pitching prospect, Sidd Finch, who could throw a 168 mph fastball. (Sports Illustrated April 1, 1985)
• Burger King’s ad announcing the company’s latest sandwich, the Left-Handed Whopper® for their southpaw customers. (1998)
• The Hotheaded Naked Ice Borers, discovered in Antarctica by Dr. Aprile Pazzo. (Discover Magazine April 1995)
• Naked Came the Stranger, ostensibly written by first time author Penelope Ash, which became a 1969 best seller.
• The Tasmanian Mock Walrus, which could eat up a house full of cockroaches, and threatened to put exterminators out of business. (Orlando Sentinel 1984)
• A report of “widespread” television interference throughout England caused by some women’s bras. (London Daily Mail, April 1, 1982)
If you read them and believed them you aren’t alone. A lot of other people fell for them. And no doubt, future pranks in print will find more victims.
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| BN ID: | 2940013033504 |
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| Publisher: | RichDon |
| Publication date: | 08/21/2011 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 184 |
| File size: | 111 KB |
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