Baltimore_Gazette

<i>Baltimore Gazette</i>

Baltimore Gazette

Daily newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland that became a fake news website

The Baltimore Gazette, also known as the Baltimore Daily Gazette and The Gazette, was a daily newspaper published in Baltimore, Maryland between 1862 and 1875.[1][2] It broke some high-profile stories including the fact that The Turk, allegedly a chess playing machine, worked because a human chess master was operating it from the inside.

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The paper was associated with several high-profile figures in publishing and politics, including William Hinson Cole and William Wilkins Glenn.

In 2016, the paper was revived in the form of a fake news website.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    "About the Baltimore Gazette". Library of Congress.
  2. [2]
    "Baltimore; its history and its people". archive.org. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  3. [3]
    Brandon Weigel (September 23, 2016). "Someone revived the Baltimore Gazette to spread fake news". City Paper.
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