Call me Now!

Probably the most famous scam artist of all time is Mrs. Cleo. Call her now and she will answer all of your questions through her tarror cards. She was found guilty by the FTC. She was forced to pay $500 million in outstanding problems. I guess paying $5 per minute adds up quickly. Allthough Miss Cleo lacks morals, the people who actually called in were the true idiots. She predicted the peoples lives in the realms of money, love, and happiness. I guess if anyone is going to listen to a Jamaican Mystic she is the one to call. So, yes one woman did take over the tarrot card world for a short time, but surely some other conartist will take her place.

Extra! Extra! Life on the Moon!

On August 1835, the most important astronomical findings were published in the New York Sun. The moon was not made of Chesse. The theory of the moon being made out of chesee is absurd however that was one of the only findings not claimed in an article that discussed Sir John Herschels findings. With a telescope Herschel had viewed vast forsests, liliac hued quartz pyramids, hers of bison roaming the plains, and blue unicorns. The life on the moon according to Herchel was very active and similar to the lfe on Earth. However, his most notable finding was that there is intelligent life on the moon. There are two races established first is the primative tribe of hut dwelling, fire wielding biped beavors. The next race was given the name Vespertillo homo or man-bat. These discoveries were only recorded in the New York Sun.
Once again i have managed to find an article where the media has embellished a story trying to make a profit losing credibility. The discoveries of this article were credited to Sir John Herschel but when the story was brought to his attention many years later in England he had no clue what the article was talking about. To this day the New York Sun has declined that the article was a hoax. The closest they ever came to proving that the article was a hoax was in an article the next month stating that it could not verify the article as a hoax until proper documentation was sent from England.

Mediasteria

The most famous example of mass hysteria was a halloween prank by the quality station of CBS. On October 30, 1938, the radio station decided that they were going to make claims that ailens were invading from Mars beginning in New Jearsey. They had reporters act as eye-witness, described the aliens, and scared many people. at the beginning of the program they acknowledged that it was fictional drama,however for those who tuned in late it was a reality. Sure fear was spread throughout the country, but the real mass hysteria lies in how the media made this into a big deal. The New York Times began the media run by titleing their headline, "Fake War on Radio Spreads Panic Over U.S." The Associated Press was then lead to respond with, "Tidal Wave of Terror Sweeps the Nation." after this report there were suddenly accounts of people trying to commit suicide, having heart attacks. The problem with this situation is that it is not the people who control mass hysteria it is the media. The media has the power to manipulate the way people think and percieve things. The only cause of mass hysteria is the media, not the broadcast. The media was so concerned with getting a story that they degraded themselves by lowering their standards and putting in fictional information to support thier fictional stories. The newspapers criticized CBS for its broadcast, but the people should be criticizing the newspapers for guiding and aiding the mass hysteria.