Sentence examples for effective hoax from inspiring English sources

There was a more effective hoax back in 2006, when, with minutes to go before the announcement, a fake "Nobel" web page gave the award to Serbian author Dobrica Cosic.

In Horner's most effective hoax in 2014, he broke a story on the National Report claiming Horner, aka Banksy, been arrested by an "Anti-Graffiti Task Force" for vandalism, conspiracy, racketeering and counterfeiting.

Perhaps what has made this hoax so effective is that we hear over and over that the science is settled and there is a consensus that, unless we fundamentally change our way of life by limiting greenhouse gas emissions, we will cause catastrophic global warming.

The hoax was so effective that the band made an appearance on MTV's "Total Request Live".

"People sometimes think it's a hoax, but it's proving very effective so far," Janus said.

A public desperate for ideas about economic revival heard an astonishing argument about whether Social Security is a hoax, along with a fight about which states were more effective in luring low-wage jobs from other states.

But it is mostly engaging, and particularly effective when the protagonist, Sly, a debt-ridden, hard-drinking poet and balladeer who has been the victim of a cruel hoax, is locked in a wine cellar and confronts his despair.

Another hoax.

To prove a hoax?

The creepiest hoax ever?

hoax or not?