{"id":30437,"date":"2019-02-04T19:48:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T19:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mathewingram.blog\/?p=30437"},"modified":"2019-02-04T19:48:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T19:48:00","slug":"fake-news-and-viral-social-battles-in-the-17th-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2019\/02\/04\/fake-news-and-viral-social-battles-in-the-17th-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake news and viral social battles in the 17th century"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They may have taken place at a much slower pace &#8212; months or even years instead of minutes or hours &#8212; but the 17th century saw its share of social warfare and accusations of &#8220;fake news.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/wellcomecollection.org\/articles\/XDdj3BAAAMRtGdkL\">Christy Henshaw writes<\/a>\u00a0at the Wellcome Collections website about an argument that took several years to play out. And the subject? Whether or not one Richard Dugdale was possessed by a demon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"566\" data-attachment-id=\"30556\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/fake-news-in-the-17th-century-wellcome-collection\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/fake-news-in-the-17th-century-wellcome-collection.png?fit=443%2C566&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"443,566\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fake-news-in-the-17th-century-wellcome-collection\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/fake-news-in-the-17th-century-wellcome-collection.png?fit=443%2C566&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewingramblog.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/fake-news-in-the-17th-century-wellcome-collection.png?w=443&#038;resize=443%2C566\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/fake-news-in-the-17th-century-wellcome-collection.png?w=443&amp;ssl=1 443w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/fake-news-in-the-17th-century-wellcome-collection.png?resize=235%2C300&amp;ssl=1 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They may have taken place at a much slower pace &#8212; months or even years instead of minutes or hours &#8212; but the 17th century saw its share of social warfare and accusations of &#8220;fake news.&#8221; Christy Henshaw writes\u00a0at the Wellcome Collections website about an argument that took several years to play out. 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