Fake News, Fabrication and Fakery in the News Media

CBS’s Lara Logan: 60 Minutes ‘Misled’ by Benghazi Source, Will Correct & Apologize Sunday

CBS News's Lara Logan admitted that source Dylan Davies "misled" CBS' 60 Minutes by giving wrong information about the 2012...

The Globe and Mail wrongly reported that former NSA chief Michael Hayden was killed at the Los Angeles Airport shooting...

Unlike in the United States, allegations of defaming a company can land you in jail in China. Chinese journalist Chen...

Actress Suzanne Somers wrote an article about health care for the Wall Street Journal. But, the article, "The Affordable Care...

Iran's Fars News Agency accused CNN of making up some of its interview with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, entertainment news...

The Sept. 16 Navy Yard shooting in Washington D.C., produced a flurry of media missteps, misidentifications, and photojournalism errors. CBS...

Director and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin criticized the Mother Jones website for having "lied" in a headline saying that he thinks the...

Something fishy happened over at the Bangkok Post last week. The Thailand newspaper apparently published a fake story about the country's former...

UPDATE 3:51 PM: It seems that this is not the first time Forbes.com has been accused of image theft. In...