Sentences with phrase «elaborate hoax»

The original mermaid's unveiling however, made for a very elaborate hoax; in order to have the public's curiosity, Barnum had one of his associates disguise himself as a «Dr. J. Griffin» of the Lyceum of Natural History, and sent the press letters about the doctor, who had in his possession a great discovery, and because Griffin was a «certified naturalist,» everyone believed it to be real.

Little did they know that the Turk was a very clever fraud, one of the most elaborate hoaxes in history.

So assuming this is not the most elaborate hoax in internet history, the BlackBerry Z30 is to sport a surprisingly crisp albeit a tad hard to use in difficult light conditions 5 - inch Super AMOLED screen with a resolution of 1,280 x 720 pixels.

It is warned that the specifications could be part of a «rather elaborate hoax,» due to its anonymous source.

The packaging does mention some new - ish Sony stuff like VR, so unless this is a really elaborate hoax — it's likely the real deal.

Either that, or they're a very elaborate hoax - but the user who posted them has promised to share video of the software soon.

The CFTC alleges that the company and its employees created an elaborate hoax, paying customers with funds obtained from other customers — the classic indicators of a Ponzi scheme.

There is no such person as Mark Bromovich, and the entire promotional video is just an elaborate hoax.

At first we convince ourselves that all of these are deceived at best and demonic at worst, an elaborate hoax to confuse.

For example, it can be regarded as a merely resuscitated Jesus, or even an elaborate hoax by which the apostles hoped to deceive a credulous populace.

Certain Progressive historians prepared the intellectual ground for this transition, arguing with varying intensity (and inaccuracy) that Mr. Madison's Constitution was, in effect, an elaborate hoax, an instrument whose nominal republican sentiments masked a deeper, sinister intent to protect the political and economic power of the ruling classes.

King had been the victim of an elaborate hoax.

What makes more sense: McGregor thinks he can get away with anything — especially after the can throwing, goddard slapping and mob punching - or your elaborate hoax theory?

OK, now inform us how you elitist petitioners don't buy ground beef anyway (and how your feigned anger was all an elaborate hoax).

Sedita held a memorable press conference in late - September to explain that alleged evidence tampering was actually an elaborate hoax carried out by the mother of the accuser.

IS CYBERWARFARE (a) one of the biggest threats of the 21st century or (b) an elaborate hoax designed to extract money from gullible governments?

Eberhard Zangger thinks he has the answer, but is he the victim of an elaborate hoax?

They compared it to waveforms predicted by general relativity, analysed every conceivable source of noise, and even considered the possibility of an elaborate hoax.

UPDATE: It looks like this was an elaborate hoax.

WHAT: Publicly embarrassed by the Amityville case after it was revealed to be an elaborate hoax, paranormal investigators Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Loraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) are sent by the Catholic Church to London to look into the alleged demonic possession of a young girl named Janet Hodgson (Madison Wolfe).

Is the Hodgson family truly being plagued by a nefarious spirit, or is it all an elaborate hoax to gain attention?

«Speed Racer» is so hyperfrenetic that, in the end, you wonder if the Wachowskis aren't trying to pull off an elaborate hoax — a deranged techno fantasia posing as retro - ish family fare.

So, the Yes Men sprang into action, mounting an elaborate hoax.

But there is more going on, something even more malevolent behind the scenes, and at the urging of the Church the Warrens come out of their self - imposed seclusion to learn whether or not the Hodgson's claims of a supernatural assault are genuine or are instead nothing more than an elaborate hoax.

This suggests that either the golem is an elaborate hoax perpetrated by one of the human characters, or that this film will feature the world's first transgender golem.

(And if, despite repeated assertions to the contrary from the filmmakers and publicists, it all turns out to be an elaborate hoax — well, you heard it here first.)

Daily Reaction discusses what it could mean to see a cherished franchise that has been around since the early days of PlayStation come to an end, and what it could mean if this really was an elaborate hoax.

As the trailers were eager to give away, he's just been playing an elaborate hoax on best friend Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels), but still: point taken.

It is an elaborate hoax that even the 17th - century Salem witch - hunters would envy.

Using the machined aluminium collar that surrounds the start / stop button, there are three dynamic modes to choose from: «Dynamic» is default, «Sport» hones the magnetic ride dampers and sharpens the already electric throttle response (come to think of it, they did plug the car in several times during the day... perhaps it was all an elaborate hoax and this is in fact the world's first hybrid supercar?)

There's a whole lot of hubbub about Ames but I don't understand it and after reading this book I'm thinking that maybe it's all been an elaborate hoax, cooked up by Brooklyn boosters and NPR affiliates to ruin my weekend.

It fell apart there for me as it became murky as to whether the manuscript was authentic or an elaborate hoax by Mishkin's long - time friend.

Maybe you don't want to devise an elaborate hoax for April Fools» Day (see: Google as «Topeka»), but there is another way to get in the spirit of practical jokes — reading, of course!

The New Yorker's «Book Bench» blog points out that Assassin of Secrets lifts so many passages from other sources that the book is more of a «pastiche or collage, rather than a «novel,» as we properly understand the word» and that Q.R. Markham (the pseudonym for Quentin Rowan), who is a poet and part owner of a bookstore in Williamsburg, a section of Brooklyn, may have consciously perpetrated an elaborate hoax.

Before I conducted this interview with him you could easily have convinced me he was an elaborate hoax.»

This all could be an elaborate hoax, as the original PokeJungle report states, and the Pokemon community is still intensely debating that fact.

Think that this may be another elaborate hoax someone is playing?

The music and blurry background image would lead you to believe that the game would be Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, but is this a tease from Activision or an elaborate hoax?

This, of course, could have done because the links were legitimately showing something that Rockstar and Xbox weren't ready for us to see, but they could also be part of an elaborate hoax.

It was previously reported that this little golden beauty of Nintendo handheld excellence would only release in Europe, so hopefully the crude scan of GameStop's holiday specials is in fact legit, and not some elaborate hoax to get Zelda fans in a tizzy only to crush their gold triforce having 3DS XL dreams.

UPDATE: It looks like this was an elaborate hoax.

If I had to characterize the film, I would say it's an elaborate hoax.

In a discussion that I moderated after a screening Monday night at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, N.Y., Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., flatly told the director, Robert Stone, that the film was an «elaborate hoax» and a «big lie.»

Talk of global warming is nearly inescapable these days — but there are some who believe the concept of climate change is an elaborate hoax.

During a public debate I had recently with environmental activist and solar energy executive Bobby Kennedy Jr. at the Jacob Burns Center in Pleasantville, N.Y., he denounced the film as «an elaborate hoax» and complained that the film isn't fair, that it doesn't tell the other side of the story.