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Fake News vs. Real News: The First Fake News Story? - Nantucket Sea Monster

In August 1937 the local paper
reported that a sea monster had
been spotted near Nantucket,
illuminating both the importance and
cost of a free press.

Click the picture above to see photos and a video
from 1937 of the Nantucket Sea Monster

PBS - American Experience

Smithsonian

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