Fake News, Fabrication and Fakery in the News Media

Did New York Post Know Strauss-Kahn Accuser Prostitute Story was Fake?

As iMediaEthics previously reported, the New York Post is being sued for libel by the hotel maid who has accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn...

CBS altered its on-air footage of the Fourth of July fireworks celebration in Boston, the Boston Globe reported. Images of...

Hackers attacked Sony Music Ireland July 5 and posted fake news stories, the Irish Times reported. One of the fake...

Hackers formerly associated with hacking group Anonymous hacked into one of Fox News' Twitter accounts this morning and posted fake...

The Independent's Johann Hari has admitted to using quotes from books and other news outlets without attribution. But it's not as...

Newsweek Photoshopped a picture of the late Princess Diana into a photo of Kate Middleton and featured a cover story...

Mediaite published a lengthy story June 17 explaining a problem with its June 3 story featuring interviews with two 16-year-old...

What are the chances that, in the same week, another American man would be outed for the same offense as...

The Chicago Tribune reported that Paige Wiser was fired from the Chicago Sun-Times after faking part of her review of Glee!...