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Hare Splitter

Hare Splitter is a 1948 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on September 25, 1948, and features Bugs Bunny. The title is a play on "hair splitting", or focusing too much on fine details, reflecting how Bugs (a "hare") tries to "split up" Casbah and Daisy Lou so Bugs can date her himself.

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Hare Splitter is a 1948 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on September 25, 1948, and features Bugs Bunny. The title is a play on "hair splitting", or focusing too much on fine details, reflecting how Bugs (a "hare") tries to "split up" Casbah and Daisy Lou so Bugs can date her himself.

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  1. release date: 1948-09-25 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "1948-09-25". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

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