RICHARD ADAMS LOCKE
(Great Moon Hoax)
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At a time where most of the 35 New York newspapers were elitist, very partisan and expensive costing 6¢, Locke produced the New York Sun which was targeted to the masses. It sold for only 1¢ and became the largest selling newspaper in the World even surpassing the circulation of of the London Times.
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The "Great Moon Hoax" refers to a series of six articles that were published in The Sun, a New York newspaper, beginning on August 25, 1835, about the supposed discovery of life and even civilization on the Moon. The discoveries were falsely attributed to Sir John Herschel, one of the best-known astronomers of that time.
