Argo's 1980 Full-Page Variety Ad
Earlier this week, Ted Koppel told The Hollywood Reporter the only time he ever killed a legitimate news story during his illustrious career was when he chose not to report about the half-dozen Americans hiding out at the Canadian embassy in Tehran. Now comes a reminder of some even more explicit Argo media subterfuge.
Variety film reporter Jeff Sneider notes that on January 15, 1980, his publication shared a paragraph about the fictitious movie as if it were a real project:
Variety published the following news brief in its Pix, People, Pickups roundup: “Studio Six Prods.
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