Fake News, Fabrication and Fakery in the News Media

Car Sex Redditor Pranked Toronto Star Intern, Star Apologizes

A Toronto Star intern was pranked by a phony source for a story on car sex, "Looking for lover's lane, 2015?...

A regular Fox News guest commentator, Wayne Simmons, lied about working for 27 years in the CIA, the U.S. Government says. Simmons, who...

The Associated Press announced this week that it is suing the U.S. Department of Justice. The lawsuit is "over the...

Calvin Harris called out the Daily Mail for publishing a fake tweet about him, his girlfriend Taylor Swift, and singer...

A viral news story circulating earlier this month claiming a Florida man had sex with an alligator and ended in...

Twitter isn't about to be bought for $31 billion, even though a fake Bloomberg News story circulating is saying so....

Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old man accused of the fatal shootings of nine people at Charleston church Mother Emanuel Hope AME...

NBC News canned Brian Williams as NBC Nightly News anchor and moved him to MSNBC, promoting Lester Holt as his...

Brian Williams apologized yet again today and will move to MSNBC, with Lester Holt replacing him as NBC Nightly News...