One woman whose photos were part of the hoax says that she was exploited herself.
Channel 4 invested millions in the hoax but viewing figures slipped during the series.
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Some called him a fool, others a liar who was in on the hoax.
Te'o told Schaap that the hoax was created by a man named Ronaiah Tuiasosopo.
Investigators don't know how many people may have participated in the hoax, he said.
The BBC has issued no such flash but the hoax has caused particular panic in the Philippines.
Te'o has denied involvement in the hoax, and his family has not commented on Mr Tuiasosopo's story.
The player also said the hoax also did not affect his performance in the title game blowout.
Thursday's interview with Couric would be the first time Te'o has spoken on camera about the hoax.
Before the hoax I had thought my experience on FB was changing for personal, maybe even idiosyncratic, reasons.
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But given the scale and repetitive consistency the hoax took on in the media, that seems like a stretch.
Everybody knew Jacintha, and we were all left deeply shocked by her tragic death following the hoax telephone call.
As part of the hoax, several meetings were set up, including in Hawaii, but Kekua never showed, Swarbrick said.
Those Western media organizations that enabled the hoax have a reckoning to do.
As far as we can tell, the hoax was aimed at scoring political points rather than profiting from market disruption.
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None other than Fox itself, which unveiled the hoax during a 1998 special called World's Greatest Hoaxes: Secrets Finally Revealed.
Jonathan Moylan from Frontline Action for Coal, which issued the hoax statement, said environmental concerns had prompted the press release.
Within days, the hoax about Manti Te'o's girlfriend broke, and Emmert was briefing two NCAA committees on the Miami case.
In Londonderry, Templemore Sports Complex was made available for people who had to leave their homes during the hoax alert.
The nurse was found dead on Friday, three days after taking the hoax call from two Australian radio station DJs.
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The Australian radio show that made the hoax call to the hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge in December has been cancelled.
Ronaiah Tuiasosopo and his family have not responded to CNN requests for comment on this and other allegations tied to the hoax.
Now, he's the butt of jokes and the center of swirling questions about whether he or someone else is behind the hoax.
Throughout the controversy surrounding the hoax, authorities did not identify the nurse.
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The hoax call was made by DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian, who have been taken off air and are being counselled.
The hope of access trumped the investigative reporting, so the hoax was exposed by the snarky but solid sports blog Deadspin.
He said Tuiasosopo contacted him via Twitter the day the story broke, explaining he'd created the hoax and apologizing, according to Schaap.
It was the hospital where the hoax phone call was made which ultimately lead to the suicide of one of the nurses.
To their credit, many athletes do wonderful work in their communities, but that does not make up for the hoax that is collegiate sports.
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For them, the finished product was the documentary film which they were making as they went along, showing how the hoax was put together.
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