Baltimore Gazette

{{Short description|Daily newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland that became a fake news website}}

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| owners = William Wilkins Glenn, Frank Key Howard, and William H. Carpenter (formerly)

| founders = Edward F. Carter and William H. Neilson (formerly)

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| foundation = October 7, 1862

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| ceased publication = December 31, 1875

| relaunched = Some time in 2016 (as a fake news site)

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| publishing_city = Baltimore, Maryland

| publishing_country = United States

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The Baltimore Gazette, also known as the Baltimore Daily Gazette and The Gazette, was a daily newspaper published in Baltimore, Maryland between 1862 and 1875.{{cite web

|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026863/

|title=About the Baltimore Gazette

|publisher=Library of Congress}}{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/baltimoreitshist01lewiuoft#page/742/mode/2up|title=Baltimore; its history and its people|website=archive.org|access-date=2016-05-02}} It broke some high-profile stories including the fact that The Turk, allegedly a chess playing machine, worked because a human chess master was operating it from the inside.

The paper was associated with several high-profile figures in publishing and politics, including William Hinson Cole and William Wilkins Glenn.

In 2016, the paper was revived in the form of a fake news website.{{cite news

|url=http://www.citypaper.com/blogs/the-news-hole/bcpnews-someone-revived-the-baltimore-gazette-to-spread-fake-bullshit-20160923-story.html

|publisher=City Paper

|date=September 23, 2016

|author=Brandon Weigel

|title=Someone revived the Baltimore Gazette to spread fake news

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