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If we read or hear something today that sounds a little strange, all we have to do is check the facts. But before we all had access to Google in our back pockets, people relied on the truthfulness of reporters.
This was even more impactful when radio was one of the only news sources. This list compiles hoaxes from the 1940s onward. While some are definitely within the time frame of the advent of the Internet, you’ll be surprised at how gullible some people really are!
10 Nixon For President . . . Again?
Back in 1992, the National Public Radio broadcast a sound bite of Richard Nixon telling Americans that he was going to run for the presidency . . . again. It had been less than 20 years since he had resigned after the Watergate scandal. ....

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