In recent years, however, the phenomenon has disappeared and no one is reading April April looking for a lie between the titles of the day.
The oldest ones will certainly remember that on April 1, newspapers, news releases and later information websites have always made pranks to their readers or viewers.
In recent years, however, the phenomenon has disappeared and no one is reading April April looking for a lie between the titles of the day. Let them look at… fake news and the bad habit of reproducing news without first checking their correctness.
When this particular custom started, the seasons were very different.
The Roots of April April
There are two dominant versions of the origin of the custom to lie on April April.
According to the first, it comes from the Celts. This people of northwestern Europe were famous for their fishing skills. The fishing season began on April 1st, though at that time the fish are difficult to catch. Thus, the fishermen lied about how many fish they have caught, a habit that has turned into a custom over the years.
According to the second version, this custom has its roots in France in the 16th century. By 1564 the French celebrated their New Year’s Eve on April 1st, which changed that year by decision of King Charles II. The first day of the year was now January 1, a decision in which there were initially reactions. Some continued to celebrate New Year’s Eve on April 1st and became the goals of miserable comments by the rest, which has been turned into a custom over time.
The biggest journalistic farce of all time
Journalism – her mission is to inform the truth – is behind the most successful April Fools lies, in the days before the internet and Google, when the news was only available in print or via radio and television, and the truth was revealed the next day.
The biggest farce that has ever made a prestigious news organization is considered to be the BBC since 1957. On April April, the basic news broadcast of the Network, “Panorama”, conveyed a three -minute video showing a family in southern Switzerland to harvest … macaroni.
As spaghetti was then a relatively unknown product in the United Kingdom, many viewers contacted the BBC for tips on cultivating their own spaghetti.
The misinformation “killed” April April
Today, with the news going viral through social media, there is a risk that jokes will be mistakenly perceived as events and becoming worldwide headlines, the German wave.
A striking example is the Fr. Futurism.com April report in 2017, entitled “Pluto has been officially re -clockwise as a planet”, citing a non -existent announcement by the International Astronomic Union. The “news” has been released on many websites without checking its validity.
In the same year, the Collins Dictionary declared the “fake news” of the year, and many newspapers decided not to re -publish fake news of April.
In 2020, in the midst of Covid-19 pandemic, even Google, which until then was strictly adhered to the April April custom, decided to abstain from then on-noting that the jokes seem inappropriate at a time when misinformation is abundant.
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