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Monster Pig Hoax: 11 Stories

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Move Over Balloon Boy, Remember Monster Pig Hoax? : Forced Perspective Photo Tricks on Flickr

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Move Over Balloon Boy, Remember Monster Pig Hoax? : Forced Perspective Photo Tricks on Flickr

By: Molika Ashford

October 23, 2009 08:21 AM EST

Tricky Photograph: "mountain" is sand castle; person "on" mountain stands 30 yards away

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Tricky Photograph: "mountain" is sand castle; person "on" mountain stands 30 yards away

By: StinkyJournalism.org Staff

September 11, 2008 12:00 AM EST

Alexander Cooney's Movieland, Blarbus.com writes: "At first glance, this picture may not seem very special. Obviously, somebody is standing on a rocky ledge overlooking a pristine lake, right? ...In reality, the rocky...

Alabama's Monster Pig Hoax, one year later

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Alabama's Monster Pig Hoax, one year later

By: Rhonda Roland Shearer

May 03, 2008 12:00 AM EST

Exclusive to ESPNOutdoors.com In January, a Clay County grand jury was to decide if the Monster Pig hunters committed animal cruelty. The public never heard that the District Attorney who was to prosecute the case...

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EXCLUSIVE: FOLLOW THE BACON :

By: Rhonda Roland Shearer

January 29, 2008 12:00 AM EST

Mike Stone, Boy’s father, said “I regret that it (hog) didn’t die the first shot.” When Jamison Stone shot and killed a massive swine in Alabama last year, the headlines blared:...

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INTERPORK :

By: Carina Christiansen

July 26, 2007 12:00 AM EST

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Mike Stone, Unturned

By: Rhonda Roland Shearer, Craig Rothstein

June 01, 2007 12:00 AM EST

Mike Stone posts these two photos on his "hate page" and boldly states, "They are two TOTALLY different pictures and both have been shown without ANY misrepresentation, especially by CNN." Really? Photoshop...

Hyped Hog Hits Speedbump on Way to Fame.

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Hyped Hog Hits Speedbump on Way to Fame.

By: Craig Rothstein

June 01, 2007 12:00 AM EST

"There's a sucker born every minute" said David Hannum, competitor of P.T. Barnum. EXCLUSIVE STORY...

BIG PIG SMACK DOWN: BIG NORM'S OWNER WEIGHS IN.

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BIG PIG SMACK DOWN: BIG NORM'S OWNER WEIGHS IN.

By: Rhonda Roland Shearer

June 01, 2007 12:00 AM EST

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW : With KERRY DART, NEW YORK FARMER AND OWNER OF WORLD'S LARGEST HOG Stinky Journalism set off a whirlwind of debunking with its investigation of suspicious photographs and lazy reporting regarding the...

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PIG TALES

By: Jeremy J. Miller

June 01, 2007 12:00 AM EST

The ugly truth about fake news. The ugly truth about fake news. Photo credit:...

"The Monster Pig Photo's a Fake:" Reader's Comments

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"The Monster Pig Photo's a Fake:" Reader's Comments

By: Rhonda Roland Shearer

May 30, 2007 12:00 AM EST

Dart weighs in on monster pig controversy. Says rush to slaughter pig is evidence of fraud. To be uploaded Friday, June...

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HOG WASHED!

By: Rhonda Roland Shearer

May 29, 2007 12:00 AM EST

SPECIAL REPORT Part I : NBC TODAY SHOW DUPED! Joins the club with AP, Fox News, ABC, CBS, CNN and the rest of the world media fooled by monster pig photos. Hoax busted by a...

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