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Post on Hoaxes: Sokal and Wine Spectator
- ilamont 18y agoI read about the Wine Spectator hoax a few weeks ago, but there's some new information here -- damage control from the editor of the magazine, and also additional details from the hoaxer in the third comment. The magazine does not look come off looking good from this affair. The NYT writer also ties in the infamous "Sokal Hoax" which riled academia in the mid-1990s. Well worth a read.
- stcredzero 18y agoThe Wine Spectator award is arguably justified in its expectation of trustworthiness. The same cannot be said of investigative journalists, who are charged with skepticism as part of their job description. Joey Skagg's hoaxes reveal the carelessness of much mainstream journalism. http://www.joeyskaggs.com/html/retsub.html http://www.joeyskaggs.com/html/retsub.html One of my favorites is the "Cathouse for Dogs." http://www.joeyskaggs.com/html/cat.html http://www.joeyskaggs.com/html/cat.html