Fake News, Fabrication and Fakery in the News Media

Canadian Journalist Francois Bugingo Suspended, Accused of Fabrication

Canada's 98.5 FM suspended Francois Bugingo after news outlet La Presse accused him of widespread fabrication. "Mr Bugingo is suspended...

Last year, news outlets covered a study saying that people were more open to same-sex marriage after talking to people...

North Korea may have Photoshopped a picture purporting to show its launching of a missile from a submarine, Reuters reported....

The journal Science has responded to the news that a December study it published was fabricated. As iMediaEthics reported previously...

Mel Greig, one of the two Australian radio hosts who prank-called King Edwards VII hospital in 2012 to try to...

The New York Times was hoaxed by a Twitter user it interviewed for a story on the use of e-cigarettes,...

Three UK news outlets falsely claimed Kate Moss left photographer Mario Testino's birthday party in an ambulance, the Press Gazette...

The Times-Picayune was criticized last month for calling murdered transgender woman, Penny Proud, a man in a story on the...

The Inquisitr backed off claims that actor Malik Yoba was fired from Fox's Empire TV show resulting from a drug...