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The pair wrote down the details on paper napkins. However, the Resig brothers told reporters that the idea for the hoax was conceived about a month earlier at a bar in Santa Monica. Some news sources suggested the hoax was inspired by the dramatic resignation of JetBlue flight-attendant Steven Slater that took place the day before.

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The next day, The Chive ran a follow-up series of photos revealing the woman's true identity as a hired actress named Elyse Porterfield. Jenny quits on dry erase board Īrguably the most famous hoax was in 2010, with 'Girl quits her job on dry erase board, emails entire office', which showed several photographs of a woman quitting her job by telling a story with a dry-erase whiteboard. This became an Internet meme and was broadcast as a true story by several media outlets. The 'teenage texting disaster' hoax occurred in 2008 and involved a fictitious teenager who had accidentally sent a text message to her father stating that she had lost her virginity on the beach. Other media agencies also ran the story, including The Huffington Post, E! News, and Access Hollywood. Trump denied the story's accuracy to Fox News Channel, which had originally published the story as real. In 2007, the 'Donald Trump tip' hoax involved a doctored photo of a Santa Monica restaurant receipt that was supposedly signed by Donald Trump indicating that a $10,000 tip was left on a bill of $82.27. Hoaxes īetween 20, Leo and John Resig conducted a string of internet hoaxes that, according to Leo, were designed 'to entertain and inspire, not to inform.' Donald Trump Tips On Monday, Jthe Austin American-Statesman reported that during the summer of 2013 the parent company of The Chive, Resignation Media, was relocating to a renovated space in downtown Austin, Texas.

The brothers went on to create additional photo-entertainment websites, all of which are staffed and managed by members of the Resig family. Initially, it was claimed that the website's name came from combining 'Chicago' and 'Venice' Beach however, Resig later admitted that the name was actually inspired by The Onion. John and Leo Resig founded Resignation Media, LLC in August 2007 and then launched in November, 2008. The Chive gained attention for a series of internet hoaxes that began in 2007 and were reported as true stories by mainstream media outlets.

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