Media2009

Universal settles over fake news stories promoting 'The Fourth Kind'

When: Nov 2009
Where: Nome, AK
Sources: 3 public sources

Nome, Alaska, the setting of The Fourth Kind Sir Mildred Pierce , from North Augusta, South Carolina , USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Universal agreed to pay the Alaska Press Club after promotion for The Fourth Kind, a film about alleged abductions in Nome, used fabricated news stories attributed to real Alaska papers. The deal included removing the fake articles from the web.

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Press'The Fourth Kind' pays for telling a big fib (opens in a new tab)Anchorage Daily News / 2009-11-12
PressUniversal Settles With Alaska Paper Over Fake Movie News (AP) (opens in a new tab)TheWrap / 2009-11-12
PressUniversal Settles Newspapers' Complaints Over Fake Alien Abduction News (opens in a new tab)ABA Journal / 2009-11-13

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