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Re: Is MT the Father of Fake News?
Judith Yaross Lee <[log in to unmask]>
Thu, 10 May 2007 11:14:59 -0400
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The infamous "Moon Hoax" and other examples of fake news date to the 1830s,
along with Jack Downing's mock reports of state and national politics, so
we can understand Twain as working in a familiar vein.

Judith Lee
Ohio University
Athens, OH

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