Fake News, Fabrication and Fakery in the News Media

Daily Star Fake Sex Photos, Harry Styles Sues for libel, Concerned with ‘young fans’

Harry Styles filed a libel lawsuit against the Daily Star for falsely accusing him of posting a sexualy suggestive naked...

The UK Star falsely claimed in May One Direction's Harry Styles posted naked pictures of himself online. But, the Star...

Heat magazine admitted it made up quotes from Jessica Biel about her marriage to Justin Timberlake. Timberlake and Biel sued...

Sports site Deadspin falsely claimed Colorado politician Cory Gardner lied about playing football in high school. Deadspin's article, published on...

Canada's QMI Agency, which is Sun Media's national news wire, wrongly reported NHL player Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins...

Robin Williams had not fallen off the wagon before his death, gossip debunking website Gossip Cop reported. "So much of...

Not known for including comedy or irony in its reports, Science News was apparently duped last month by a satire...

Andy Coulson, former editor of News of the World, has been charged with three counts of perjury. Last month, Coulson...

The Washington Post unpublished 2,000 words of an article about HIV diagnoses after learning its source made up his story....