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> I'm curious how someone made this outlandish claim sound plausible. From the article: > Soviet television had, up to that point, been regarded by its audien
by gchp 10y ago
> I'm curious how someone made this outlandish claim sound plausible.
From the article:
> Soviet television had, up to that point, been regarded by its audience as conservative in style and content. As a result, a large number of Soviet citizens (one estimate puts the number at 11,250,000 audience members) took the deadpan "interview" at face value, in spite of the absurd claims presented.
I guess this had something to do with it? If people were used to TV being a certain way, and this "interview" was presented in the same way, then it would seem reasonable that it would be taken up in the same was as every other. Nothing (aside from content) made it stand out from other shows.
Saying that, the claim is crazy, and it does seem strange that it was seemingly accepted as truth. I wonder how a similar stunt could be attempted today, and what the reaction would be...
- icen 10y agoFor a western analogue, try the BBC's spaghetti plantations.
- kalleboo 10y agoIn Sweden we had the Colour TV Stocking http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/instant_color_tv http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/instant_color_tv
- vermontdevil 10y agoI was going to post that too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti-tree_hoax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti-tree_hoax Loved this one as well.
- VLM 10y agoor political correctness, as typically indoctrinated in school.
- kodfodrasz 10y agosaying such things to this particular audience will result in massive downvotes.
- boomlinde 10y agoWith less variation it seems to result in someone complaining about their imaginary persecution.
- Rexxar 10y agoThey should have tried with this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_squash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_squash
- dottedmag 10y agoTV propaganda in contemporary Russia works pretty well, so TV is still seen as an authority. It does not help that there are no large TV stations anymore in Russia that are not state-owned (openly or covertly).