Internet Hoax
Olsen twins at UC? Sorry, just a rumor from The Cincinnati Enquirer.So all we have to do is make a fake website, play dumb, and let others email it around the state and country? I should go into propaganda. Two days ago, Mikey and used a CNN.com page generator to create a satirical article about the Olsen Twins attending UC in Interior Design. I guess it has been taken down - the site probably received a cease and desist order from CNN. All I have to say, this was the funniest few days here at DAAP - there were phone calls from both coasts from alumni who heard about the news.
So I guess all you have to do is to appropriate a semi-respectable website and you can get anyone to believe anything.
UPDATE - 20030130
Now the story has made the Associated Press - Ohio Colleges Deal With Olsen Twin Rumor.
The hoax is "all over the country," said Michael Pagnotta, a spokesman for the Olsens, who debuted as infants on the ABC sitcom "Full House" in 1987.
"In a way, it's flattering so many people want to believe (the twins) will be going to their school," Pagnotta said. "But at the end of the day, none of the reports are true."
"In a way, it's flattering so many people want to believe (the twins) will be going to their school," Pagnotta said. "But at the end of the day, none of the reports are true."
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