Hoaxes and Media Hoax - iMediaEthics News Stories

‘Intent to Deceive’ What Art Forgers have in common with Journalism Hoaxers

Deception has been a recurrent theme explored by iMediaEthics over the years. It comes in many flavors. We have, for...

Many news outlets were hoaxed by a Jimmy Kimmel prank video of a wolf in Sochi. But, adding a twist...

Countless news outlets were hoaxed by a radio prank claiming Justin Bieber was planning to move to Atlanta and residents...

Two New York radio hosts were suspended for creating a hoax RSVP to a child's birthday party. The hosts, Steve...

No, North Korea didn't land a teenaged astronaut on the sun in the dark of night. Irish satire site Waterford...

Penn State student newspaper The Daily Collegian's much-talked about "Go F**K Yourself" ad from a scorned girl to her ex...

News outlets including the Daily Mail, Time magazine and the Daily Mirror published a fake story that China is using...

Earlier this month, numerous news outlets were hoaxed by a story claiming that Kim Jong-un fed his uncle, Jang Song...

Hoaxes are hounding the media of late. The New York Daily News and others were outright duped while others like NBC...