How about some hoax reminiscing?

[Andrea]

It appears that the post about Hillary conceding tomorrow, that is on the front page, may be a hoax. Already, several other sites have linked to it, even though it is unverifiable at this point. It's amazing how things spread.

It got me wondering about other cases like this. Does anyone remember any big-deal hoaxes like this from the past? Either posted here or elsewhere?

[Andrea]

1. kicking my own post

how pitiful

[CreekDog]

2. I remember a story on NPR about a guy who could make interesting sounds

i think he sounded like a bird, then i forget what and a bunch of really weird sounds that it seems like no human could make

and then he sounded like a locomotive :wtf:...and i realized it was April 1st. :rofl:

[Andrea]

3. I wish I'd heard that

I'm not sure how I missed it. I listen to them all day nearly every day.

[CreekDog]

4. it was about 12 years ago

All Things Considered, i was fascinated, and as they went through the sounds, each one getting a little more outlandish, i thought, "how does he do that, i mean, can vocal chords make that sound?" :dunce: then came the train and i was like :wtf: i fell for that! :rofl:

[Andrea]

8. 12 years ago - I probably just forgot it

They should do it again - sounds hilarious.

[MonkeyFunk]

5. Once, there was this story

that Karl Rove was going to be indicted in 24 business hours.

[Andrea]

7. Oh yes, I remember

I remember it here - but did it spread from here?

[MonkeyFunk]

10. It originated

with Truthout. The author, Jason Leopold, used to post here. Another writer for their site prominently defended the article here. Then he swore at people.

[Andrea]

12. Oh yes, Jason Leopold

Was that last fall (2007)? I remember all the back and forth. They really tried to defend it. First it was 24 hours, then 24 business hours, but nothing ever happened. Maybe it was supposed to be 24 months? ;)

[fishwax]

17. .

:rofl:

[AlCzervik]

6. John Kerry having an affair that wasn't. And People still use Drudge.

[Andrea]

9. Yep. I remember.

that got debunked pretty quickly, IIRC.

[Skittles]

11. Tawana Brawley

particularly ugly indeed

[Andrea]

13. Yes, that was truly unfortunate

I wonder what ever happened to her. If I were her, I would have changed my name.

[Nye Bevan]

28. She did. To "Maryam Muhammad"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawana_Brawley

[Lil Missy]

14. Many years ago, an Omaha radio station announced the World Series would be in Alaska from now on.

OMG! What an uproar that caused! Baseball fans were ready to riot!

Turned out to be an April Fools joke.

[Andrea]

15. People fell for that?

How nuts is that? I've been to games in Cleveland that were called on account of snow. Imagine if it were Anchorage... :rofl:

[Lil Missy]

20. People did indeed fall for that, LOL!

It was like the famous "War of The Worlds" episode around here.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

16. Middle-aged people may remember the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals

Fascinating story.

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/Hoaxipedia/Society_for_Indecency_to_Naked_Animals/

[Andrea]

18. Thanks!

That's hilarious. I can see Buck Henry doing that. It sounds just like him. I'm going to check out that site a bit more, too.

BTW, thanks for confirming my strongly held belief that at 48 years, I am not yet middle-aged.

[LeftyMom]

19. A couple of months back, I got the lounge convinced teh fella and I were getting hitched or spawning

I was going to try to convince everybody we'd split up for some heinous reason, but he was a bit concerned that somebody (probably Redstone) would beat his ass.

[Iris]

21. Wasn't there some erroneous report about Angelina Jolie giving birth yesterday?

Although, in this day and age, it's almost hard to tell what's hoax and what's simply mis-information.

(Not that Jolie giving birth is actually information.)

[Andrea]

22. I think I saw a headline that said something like

they weren't sure about it.

[jobycom]

23. Anyone remember when Katherine Harris was killed in a plane crash in Canada.

That one actually started in some Australian newspaper, but DU discovered the article and went to town. We even had posters calling her office and getting startled responses like "I don't think that's true," and then having the answers parsed here in detail.

It was finally debunked. Real plane crash, no Katherine Harris.

[Andrea]

24. I didn't hear that one

That's a pretty interesting item. Maybe someone with a similar name was on the passenger list.

[jobycom]

26. I think it had some other connection.

I don't remember all the details, but the plane was a small charter, with ten people or so. I think the charter service was connected to Harris somehow, and there was some coincidence, like she was due someplace the plane was going, or she had cancelled an appearance and was out of the public eye during that time. Something like that. I remember researchers here digging up something relating the plane's company to Harris.

Also, the Australian source that reported the story was flaky. There were a couple of stories they had gotten wrong, in that dramatic fashion. Like Drudge.

[Dr. Strange]

25. It wasn't political, exactly...

but I have a soft spot for the Sokal hoax.

[Nye Bevan]

27. KARL ROVE HAS BEEN INDICTED

or maybe not.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1179819&mesg_id=1179819