In 1957, BBC broadcasted a three minutes programme about Spaghetti trees in which farmers were
harvesting spaghetti from the trees, drying it under the sun and finally cooking using this.
Because the presenter in this programme was really prestigious and this programme was made
by BBC that was one of the famous broadcast company in the UK, lots of people believed that story.
Even staff in BBC didn’t doubt the truth of the programme.
The idea of the story had been derived from a class that a cameraman was taken when he was young.
Once, his teacher told the class that if there were people who would believe someone’s saying that
spaghetti grew on trees, they were stupid.
Because at that time spaghetti wasn’t popularized and people just could see spaghetti as a can
with tomato sauce, there were not much people who knew the origin and how spaghetti was made.
That was why many people believed the hoax that now we could think of it as a obviously fake news.
I felt it funny when I read the article arout the spaghetti tree. I suppose I would have been decieved if I had been in the world and had the same knowledge as people at that time.
ReplyDeleteYeah, me too. There was no way not to believe the news because that programme was really well made.
DeleteI searched about the story too!
ReplyDeleteI think people are likely to believe something more if the information source is famous in the area.
Have you watch the programme at YOUTUBE? It looked real and very serious!
DeleteHahahaha me too! I would be foolished as well!
ReplyDeleteI recommend you the programme. You can find out it easily at YOUTUBE. We couldn't imagine how delicated it was!
DeleteWe tend to believe the story told by famous person, so we need to be careful not getting the stupid information!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I agree with you. That's why we have to keep our eyes on media always.
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