The quiz show scandal and other frauds / produced by Kurtis Productions, Ltd. & Tower Productions, Inc. for A&E Network ; writer/producer, Ariel Schaffner.

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Examines four modern hoaxes including the 1950s quiz-show scandals, the fraudulent biography of Howard Hughes, the so-called "Mormon Murders", and the Tawana Brawley rape allegations.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors:	Kurtis Productions Towers Productions, Inc Arts and Entertainment Network A & E Home Video (Firm) New Video Group
Other Authors:	Schaffner, Ariel (Screenwriter, Producer) Kurtis, Bill (Host)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2006.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:	Fraud > United States. Hoaxes > United States. Television quiz shows > United States. Hughes, Howard, > 1905-1976. Irving, Clifford. Forgery of manuscripts > Utah > Salt Lake City. Brawley, Tawana. Wappingers Falls (N.Y.) > Race relations. True crime television programs. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Forgery of manuscripts. Fraud. Hoaxes. Race relations. Television quiz shows. New York (State) > Wappingers Falls. United States. Utah > Salt Lake City.
Genre:	True crime television programs. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

Contents:

Deception on Twenty-One
Quiz show trials
Hughes's biography forgery
Hoffman documents fraud
Forensics expose motives
Tawana Brawley rape hoax.