SUMMARY:

This prank is best done over text.

HOW TO DO IT:

• Create a fake image of an alarming fake news segment. We recommend using this tool that only requires creating a headline and adding an image. ChatGPT can also make passable cable news images.

•Don’t make the news too scary. Hopefully it can be personalized, such as an image of a swarm of sharks in Hawaii that can be sent to someone about to head on vacation. Maybe kids could get a segment about how Microsoft is shutting down Minecraft or how Nintendo is ending the Zelda series.

• Send the image via text.

• One advanced version is to first cast the image onto a television screen and take a picture of the screen on your wall, so it appears even more like a real news segment you just watched.

TIPS:

Alternately, this tool allows you to create the text of an article, creating an actual link that you can send.