CNN falls for 140-year-old hot dog hoax. Thursday morning, CNN reported a story from a New York news station affiliate about a 140-year-old hot dog that was found yesterday on Coney Island under Feltman’s restaurant which is in the process of being torn down. The hot dog was encased in ice and had been found by an archaeologist.
The video of the story from the local TV news station showed an original receipt from Feltman’s that was encased in the ice as well. The reporter went on to say that the hot dog was being put on exhibit and they were touting it as the first hot dog in existence. The exhibit was scheduled to open on Coney Island on Palm Sunday. The news story even went so far as to ask people if they would go out to Coney Island to see the hot dog exhibit and many people said they would.
As it turns out the whole story was a publicity hoax to get people to go out to Coney Island. CNN has removed the story and video from their website without explanation.
The most recent well known hoax played in Utah was when the owner of the Utah Flash hired a Michael Jordan look-a-like to appear at the opening game, and told the crowd it was Jordan. The hoax went terribly wrong when the crowd realized the man was a fake, got angry and about half of the people left the Utah arena. For more on that story, click here.
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Comments
Great story. Made me laugh just reading it. Can't believe they really went for this. Hot dog in ice... classic. :)
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