Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Fake News, Part I: The Long History | RealClearPolitics

Fake News, Part I: The Long History | RealClearPolitics - John Maxwell Hamilton
In 1896, a daring journalist covering the Cuban revolution against their colonial masters crossed the Spanish lines three times to interview insurgent leaders. 
William Francis Mannix...scored a journalistic triumph...
His three trips over enemy lines and his stories, including the Cisneros appeal, were all fakes
Mannix wrote them while sitting in the bar of the Moscotte Hotel in Havana or – for a change of scenery – on the hotel’s veranda....

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