George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla believed in alternating current (AC). Thomas Edison was a proponent of direct current (DC). The resulting rivalry became known as the War of the Currents. Although it was clear that AC offered advantages in transmitting electricity over long distances, Edison"s DC was the U.S. standard at the time, and the loss of patents he faced if conversion took place would mean a devastating financial blow. He mounted a fierce media campaign against AC, using faked data to indicate its dangers. He hired a man, Harold Brown, to travel around electrocuting animals on stage to prove that AC current was uncontrollable and hazardous. Brown even succeeded in convincing Auburn State Prison to use a Westinghouse generator to electrocute an ax-murderer in the first electric-chair execution.
It can be inferred that which of these was the motivation behind Edison"s fakery?