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Drudge Report links to, tweets Fake Jake Gyllenhaal Tweet Endorsing Mitt Romney

The Drudge Report linked to a fake Twitter account purporting to be Jake Gyllenhaal, Mediaite reported. The post directed to...

A fake story claiming "Ben Roethlisberger has broken both of his legs in a traffic altercation," circulated this week, Deadspin...

A "photoshopped fake article" purporting to be from France's TF1 and claiming that Rihanna died from a heart attack is...

SPLIT, Croatia -- Balkan media outlets and an Olympic coach were hoaxed by a fake Twitter account purporting to be...

Fake stories were posted to Reuters' blogs August 3 after the "blogging platform" was hacked, the Wall Street Journal reported...

A fake op-ed defending WikiLeaks purporting to written by former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller is circulating. Keller...

Last month, media outlets such as ABC News' Good Morning America, WPIX, and the New York Daily News were duped...

A CNN iReport post wrongly reported that musician Gotye died, blog Zap2it reported>. The iReport, which has since been removed and...

Fake photos of shark swimming in floodwaters at the bottom of escalators are circulating on social media, Discovery News reported....