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Simulated Chronicle Occupied First Place in the Top Ten of Astonishing and Insulting Lies

March 19, 2010

Newspaper TIME published Top Ten of Shocking Lies where the Simulated Chronicle of March 13 occupied the first place.

The editorial board of the edition noted that influential American edition decided to create Top Ten of Shocking Lies after the Chronicle of the TV-Company Imedi caused panic in Georgia.

“Georgian population was seriously shocked after the government-controlled TV-Channel Imedi 18 months after the war in August of 2008 reported about repeated attack of Russian army in Georgia. In respect to this eccentric lie TIME created the top ten of the most astonishing and insulting lies of the history,” said the editorial board in its note.

Behind the simulated chronicle such events are on the list of the most shocking lies such as: information about deconstruction of the dike in the central Oregon in 1999 spread by the radio station which presumably resulted into a terrible flood; on the list is radio-adaption of Orson Wels in 1938 which stated that aggressive aliens visited the earth.

Lie of Ashlee Tod during the US presidential elections in 2008 is among the top ten; she said she was forced to vote for John McCain. When the police started investigation, they found out that Tod had mental problems.

Self-proclaimed Anastasia Romanovas are on the list too. Several women alleged they were the youngest daughter of the last emperor of Russian Empire Nikoloz II. The TIME singled out Ana Anderson among false Anastasias who almost succeeded to be recognized by the family of Romanovs.

History which happened in Colorado in 2009 is on the list. Entire world was watching the story of 6-year-old boy on ABC who was allegedly taken away by the balloon full of helium. The boy was in fact found in the attic of the house.      

The last in the top ten is information about the death of Napoleon Bonaparte spread in 1814 by Colin De Borg. England started to celebrate the death of the emperor and it finished only after they found out that Napoleon was alive.

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