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Q3 How did people react to the Great Moon Hoax? capture admit incident deceive sensational ▲ Newsboy Showing a Copy of the Hoax Even though the story seemed unbelievable, it captured the public’s imagination, and many people accepted it as true. The articles became so popular that the New York Sun sold many more copies than usual, and people all over the world, including scientists from places like Yale University, talked about the “discoveries” as if they were real. It wasn’t until later that the New York Sun admi t t ed the whol e thing was a joke ― a humorous way of showing how easily people can be fooled. By then, the incident had already shown how quickly fake news can spread, especially when it matches what people want to believe. The Great Moon Hoax is still one of the earliest and most famous examples of how even educated people can be deceived by sensational stories when they don’t carefully check the facts. 5 10 15 ▲ View of the Moon Hoax 64 I Lesson 3 Uncovering Truth in the News