Ian Hislop's Fake News: A True History

Episode 1 (1x1)

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Documentary exploring the history of dishonest news reporting over the past 200 years. He uncovers a story from 1835 in which strange creatures were supposedly sighted on the moon and investigates how the rivalry between press barons Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst may have contributed to an actual war. The programme also looks at the influence of technology, from early trick photography to modern deepfakes, and features the owner of a Washington pizza parlour who has been on the receiving end of one of the modern world's most infamous conspiracy theories