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The Nantucket sea monster : a fake news story / by Pattison, Darcy,author.(CARDINAL)360265; Willis, Peter,illustrator.(CARDINAL)762993;
Includes bibliographical references.Do you believe everything you read in the newspaper? Early in August 1937, a news flash came: a sea monster had been spotted lurking off the shore of Nantucket Island. Historically, the Massachusetts island had served as port for whaling ships. Eyewitnesses swore this wasn't a whale, but some new, fearsome creature. As eyewitness account piled up, newspaper stories of the sea monster spread quickly. Across the nation, people shivered in fear. Then, footprints were found on a Nantucket beach. Photographs were sent to prominent biologists for their opinion. Discussion swirled about raising a hunting party. On August 18, news spread across the island: the sea monster had been captured. Islanders ran to the beach and couldn't believe their eyes. This nonfiction picture book is a perfect tool to discuss non-political fake news stories.AD760LAccelerated Reader ARA Junior Library Guild selection.
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Critical thinking; Hoaxes in mass media; Journalism; Sea monsters;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 14
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What are hoaxes and lies? / by Doeden, Matt,author.(CARDINAL)352519;
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.Hoaxes and lies -- A history of hoaxes and lies -- Hoaxes, lies, and social media -- Spotting hoaxes and lies -- Fake news toolkit."Read about hoaxes and lies that have been spread in both the past and present, and learn how they have deceived people. Readers will discover tips on how to identify a hoax and learn to think critically about the information they hear every day"--Ages: 8-11.Grades: 4 to 6.790L
Subjects: Fake news; Hoaxes in mass media; Hoaxes; Information literacy; Truthfulness and falsehood;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Spooked! : how a radio broadcast and The war of the worlds sparked the 1938 invasion of America / by Jarrow, Gail.(CARDINAL)758490;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-134) and index.Describes the panic induced when listeners believed Orson Welles' radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" to be news of an alien invasion, discussing the context in which the broadcast was aired and why it was so convincing.Haunted on Halloween Eve -- Mercury rises -- Taking to the air -- Blood-red planet -- Plotting the invasion -- The final day -- The attack -- Panic -- "Wreckage" -- It's all over -- Extra! Extra! Read all about it! -- Dear Mr. Welles -- Fallout -- Dear FCC -- "Too darn realistic" -- Soft landing.1000LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Young adult literature.; Young adult literature.; War of the worlds (Radio program); Science fiction radio programs; Radio broadcasting; Hoaxes in mass media.; Fake news.;
Available copies: 26 / Total copies: 29
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Spooked! [sound recording] : how a radio broadcast and The war of the worlds sparked the 1938 invasion of America / by Jarrow, Gail,author.(CARDINAL)758490; Toren, Suzanne,narrator.(CARDINAL)530690;
Narrated by Suzanne Toren.On the night of October 30, 1938, thousands of Americans panicked when they believed that Martians had invaded Earth. What appeared to be breaking news about an alien invasion was in fact a radio drama based on H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds, performed by Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre players. This book for young readers explores in riveting detail the false panic created by the famous War of the Worlds radio broadcast from 1938, as well as the repercussions of "fake news" today.
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; War of the worlds (Radio program); Science fiction radio programs; Radio broadcasting; Hoaxes in mass media; Fake news;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Fakers : an insider's guide to cons, hoaxes, and scams / by Wood, H. P.(Hilary Poole),author.(CARDINAL)564243; Clark, David,1960 March 19-illustrator.(CARDINAL)773796;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: a tale as old as time -- Conjurers and con artists: short cons -- Just trust me: long cons -- Step right up!: carnivals and the prince of humbug -- Mysterious minds: spoon benders and psychics -- Who are you?: impostors -- I want to believe: science hoaxes -- Snake oil: deception in medicine -- Gideon's trumpet: deception in war -- Believe nothing: mass media hoaxes -- Conclusion: news you can use.Offers an overview of some of the funniest, weirdest, and most influential cons, scams, and deceptions in history, looking at how the fakers do it, why people can be so easy to fool, and how readers can avoid becoming a sucker.1040LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Hoaxes; Swindlers and swindling; Fraud;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 10
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Superman : the unauthorized biography / by Weldon, Glen.(CARDINAL)351225;
MARCIVE 5/2/13Includes bibliographical references (pages 333- 340) and index.
Subjects: Superman (Fictitious character); Superman (Fictitious character); Comic books, strips, etc.; Superman films;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 6
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Witch hunt [large print] : the story of the greatest mass delusion in American political history / by Jarrett, Gregg,author.(CARDINAL)537493;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 693-862).A malignant force -- A tale of two cases -- Clinton collusion -- Lying and spying -- The attempted coup -- The folly of Mueller's magnum opus -- The media witch hunt -- Crooked Cohen cops a plea -- Collateral damage -- Targeted intimidation -- The reckoning."Now that every detail and argument set forth in the #1 New York Times bestseller The Russia Hoax has been borne out by the Mueller report, the author is back with a hard-hitting, well-reasoned evisceration of what may be the dirtiest trick in political history"--
Subjects: Large print books.; Clinton, Hillary Rodham.; Trump, Donald, 1946-; Conspiracy; Elections; Governmental investigations; Hacking; Presidents;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Nothing sacred [videorecording]
Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger, Walter Connolly, Margaret Hamilton.A small-town girl that is hailed as America's favorite heroine because she is quietly dying of a rare disease ... so her doctor says. An ace reporter sees a huge story in this, so he brings her to New York to die amid the dripping tears of a whole nation.Not rated.
Subjects: Feature films.; Film adaptations.; Screwball comedy films.; Death; Hoaxes; Impostors and imposture; Man-woman relationships; Mass media; Radiation injuries; Radium; Reporters and reporting; Terminal illness;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Outrage, inc. : how the liberal mob ruined science, journalism, and hollywood / by Hunter, Derek,author.(CARDINAL)418188;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents -- Introduction -- The crazy factory -- Who checks the fact checkers? -- Blind to the truth -- Bias by proxy -- As seen on tv -- The doomsday cult -- The party of science -- Survey says -- The hate crime hoax -- Millionare victimes -- They're making a movie about it -- Famous for being infamous -- Conclusion: so what now? -- Endnotes -- Index -- About the author.From Derek Hunter—one of the most entertaining political writers today—comes an insightful, alarming look at how progressives have taken over academia, pop culture, and journalism in order to declare everything liberal great, and everything great, liberal. Progressives love to attack conservatives as anti-science, wallowing in fake news, and culturally backwards. But who are the real denialists here? There are three institutions in American life run by gatekeepers who have stopped letting in anyone who questions their liberal script: academia, journalism, and pop culture. They use their cult-like groupthink consensus as "proof" that science, reporting, and entertainment will always back up the Democrats. They give their most political members awards, and then say the awards make their liberal beliefs true. Worse, they are using that consensus to pull the country even further to the left, by bullying and silencing dissent from even those they've allowed in.
Subjects: Mass media; Mass media and public opinion; Political culture;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Truth & lies in the media / by Issitt, Micah L.,author.(CARDINAL)497402;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 623-642) and index."We take a look at America's relationship with the media from the Colonial Era papers that helped start and support the American Revolution to the explosion of social media and the current controversy over media legitimacy. Along the way, we will look at issues like the Supreme Court battles over libel laws, the perception of bias and its relationship to propaganda, the evolution of journalistic ethics and the state of American media literacy, and how technology shaped our media environment over the long road from telegram to television to the 24-hour news cycle"--Publisher's website.
Subjects: Fake news; Journalism; Mass media; Press and politics; Truthfulness and falsehood in mass media.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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