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A YouTube Prankster Convinced Tucker Carlson That He Was Kate Middleton’s Photoshopper
- A YouTube prankster convinced Tucker Carlson that he was Kate Middleton’s Photoshopper, triggering a live discussion on air.
- Archie Manners and Josh Pieters forged documents to claim a royal job and a fake photo related to Middleton.
- Carlson’s interview segment framed the hoax as a test of identity verification on social-media-driven narratives.
- Manners’ team runs the popular YouTube prank channel Josh & Archie with about 1.4 million followers.
- The segment drew on past pranks, including staged celebrity appearances and forged documents, to challenge media narratives.
- The interview touched on the plausibility of a royal-family-associated Photoshop error being weaponized by media outlets.
- Cracked describes Carlson’s program as a platform where verification of identity remains a challenge amid hoaxes.
- Pieters’ forged documents were part of a broader strategy to falsify a professional background for the prank.
- The Cracked piece notes the influence of online pranks on mainstream media coverage and credibility.
- The report emphasizes Carlson’s on-air reaction and the potential impact of visual forgeries on public discourse.
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