The Ham Sandwich That Changed the World

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This is the story of how Fox News mistook a satirical article of a real news story as entirely accurate, read the article's fake quotes on the air, and was sued (twice) for defamation by the person misquoted; the case nearly reached the Supreme Court. This story is told by the author of that satirical article. It includes re-enactments/dramatizations, interviews with the parties involved and experts who can provide insights into the case, and tells the complete tale of how his article got mistaken for legitimate news and set major future precedents for how the internet is used as a research tool by news organizations. Although the story is told through a lens of comedy- poking fun at the individuals involved in the defamation lawsuits that were destined to fail- it is important to note that the film reveals information of which not even the District Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit was aware (the 2nd court to rule on the lawsuit). Information that points to Associated Content as the real culprit for not only allowing Plagman's article to reach the Google News Feed (and subsequently the staff at Fox News), but flat-out TOLD Plagman to start submitting his articles as news rather than humor (despite being fully aware that Plagman was a devoted comedy writer who'd published over 150 articles on their site). The Maine District Court (the 1st court to hear the defamation case), who made multiple references to Fox's gullibility throughout their report, is also exposed as making an egregious error, in fact the very same error that Fox made; ironic since that error was reason that court case existed in the first place.
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