Brief fictional video is a new craze. Like the recent one with the puppy, they`re often pulled from YouTube when exposed. Others like the guy popping corn with his cellphone still circulate.
Police in Sweden got into trouble for faking a video.
http://www.ainfos.ca/01/dec/ainfos00002.html
And of course there`s Muhammad al-Dura.
Some recent stories about fake video:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/technology/chi-fri-tornado-fake-videos-jul11,0,7341604.story
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92036174
http://www.pcworld.com/article/136912/ten_great_but_fake_tech_and_science_videos.html
http://tech.yahoo.com/gd/make-your-own-video-mashups-for-youtube/205867
http://newteevee.com/2007/01/23/ten-great-web-video-mashups/
Of course the video of the theft could be real.
But "Zelig" was made in 1983. The "spaghetti harvest" in 1957.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/1/newsid_2819000/2819261.stm |
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