ФЕЙКИ И НОВОСТНАЯ ТАКТИКА ПРЕССЫ: ИНФОРМАЦИОННАЯ РЕАЛЬНОСТЬ КРЫМСКОЙ ВОЙНЫ. ЧАСТЬ I
Journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Year: 2026

This article examines the specifics of European news tactics that led to the mass dissemination of false information about the capture of Sevastopol by the Anglo-French press in October 1854 (i.e., at the very beginning of military operations in Crimea). Contemporaries called this widespread disinformation "a hoax unparalleled in history" or "a Tatar canard." The reasons for this information scandal were, on the one hand, the inability of the English and French press to adapt their principles to