Fake News, Fabrication and Fakery in the News Media

News Outlets Retract Fake Story that Dentist Pulled All Her Ex’s Teeth

MSNBC broke down a sensational hoax story that made it through the international media after apparently originating in the UK...

A fake story that circulated online May 8 claimed that Abraham Lincoln "patented the basic idea" for Facebook with a...

The Ellen DeGeneres Show took a video segment embellishing claims about Newark, New Jersey mayor Cory Booker off its website,...

Malaysian newspaper The New Straits Times issued a substantial retraction and apology May 3 for a May 2 article headlined "Observer...

A satire post on Chinese social media prompted fake news stories about Chinese censors, who took out "the scene of...

MSNBC aired a fake news report claiming that "technology juggernauts Apple and Microsoft were 'marrying up' and taking on same-sex...

American Public Media's Marketplace China correspondent Rob Schmitz exclusively toured an iPad factory for a report last week, Fortune magazine...

One thousand and fifty Chinese science journals announced a commitment against unethical work, Chinese national news agency Xinhua reported. The...

Wisconsin's County Line newspaper published a fake story for April Fools' Day, ABC-affiliate News 18-WQOW reported. The article claimed that...