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Martin Hamilton
Martin Hamilton
@m@martinh.net  ·  activity timestamp 5 months ago

An early example of digital disinformation in user generated content, from the #BBC #Domesday #DomesdayProject. None of this actually happened. Huntingdon doesn't even have two bridges...

Ancient computer monitor displaying the details of the totally fictitious Battle of Huntingdon.
Ancient computer monitor displaying the details of the totally fictitious Battle of Huntingdon.
Ancient computer monitor displaying the details of the totally fictitious Battle of Huntingdon.
Martin Hamilton
Martin Hamilton
@m@martinh.net replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 months ago

You can access the #BBC #Domesday #DomesdayProject data and pictures on the UK #NationalArchives #DomesdayReloaded site, although it's not the same without the laserdisc whirring away...

Here is the totally real and not made up at all Battle of Huntingdon:

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20120321122412/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-524000-270000/page/2

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20120321122412/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-524000-270000/page/2
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