Microsoft had acquired the Catholic Church
... that a 1994 hoax suggesting that Microsoft had acquired the Catholic Church was considered to be the first Internet hoax to reach a mass audience?
... that a 1994 <a href="./Hoax" id="mwGJs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hoax">hoax</a> suggesting that <b id="mwGJw"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./Microsoft_joke" id="mwGJ0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Microsoft joke">Microsoft had acquired the Catholic Church</a></b> was considered to be the first Internet hoax to reach a mass audience?