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House Hippo definitely isn't real

Rob Beschizza
Dec 27, 2024
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The House Hippo in its original incarnation

The House Hippo—an adorable miniature hippopotamus domesticated in Canada and the U.S.!—set out to teach cable TV viewers a lesson in identifying fake news a generation ago.

The hippo was portrayed with the use of modified stock footage: video from "various sources" was rotoscoped with Commotion software filling…

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