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Louisiana High School Newspaper's Prank Gone Wrong
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Sydney Smith
May 04, 2013
06:00 AM EST
A Louisiana high school's student newspaper published a story that local restaurant was being shut down and possibly sued over huge health violations, like selling old, re-used food, including "months old"...
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Mike Bloomberg Only Allowed 1 Pizza Slice? Drudge Report Hoaxed by Daily Currant Satire Story
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Sydney Smith
May 03, 2013
02:00 PM EST
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9/11 Plane debris: NYPD doesn't believe it is a hoax
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London Shearer Allen
April 29, 2013
02:57 PM EST
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Sarah Palin Wants to Invade Czech Republic? Polish Magazine Hoaxed by Satire Site's Fake Quotes
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Sydney Smith
April 26, 2013
06:00 AM EST
Polish magazine Wprost was hoaxed by a satire article claiming Sarah Palin wanted President Obama to invade the Czech Republic as a retaliation for the Boston Marathon bombings, the Examiner and Jim Romenesko...
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Is Daily Mirror Pretending It wasn't Hoaxed by Virgin Atlantic Glass-Bottomed Plane April Fools Prank?
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Sydney Smith
April 09, 2013
02:00 PM EST
Was the UK Daily Mirror hoaxed by an April Fools' joke? In an April 1 story, the Mirror reported on Virgin Atlantic Airways's announcement that it was going to premiere a plane with a glass floor. But the...
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Washington Times, Gizmodo, Venture Beat Quickly Admit being Fooled by April Fools' Prank Drone Story
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Sydney Smith
April 09, 2013
05:00 AM EST
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Pig Saving Goat Hoax Video: Why Haven't News Outlets Posted Corrections?
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Sydney Smith
March 23, 2013
06:00 AM EST
A slew of media outlets -- from NBC's Nightly News to ABC's Good Morning America -- were hoaxed by a fake video apparently showing a pig swimming to help a goat. The New York Times, which exposed the video...
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Wait, Wash Post Now Says 'Plus-Size' Swedish Mannequins NOT Hoax, Corrects Error
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Sydney Smith
March 19, 2013
05:00 AM EST
The Washington Post's Delia Lloyd thought full-figured Swedish mannequins were a hoax. But the mannequins are real, and the Washington Post tacked on a correction to her March 16 blogpost. Lloyd had blogged about...
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We Were 'Wrong' about Qatar Dream Football League, says Times of London
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Sydney Smith
March 17, 2013
10:45 PM EST
The Times of London admitted in its March 18 edition that its "exclusive" story that there was going to be a Dream Football League with a 2015 tournament in Qatar was "wrong." In a report (partially...
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Trained Gun-Toting Dolphins Gone Missing? Nope, Media Hoaxed by Animal Tale
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Sydney Smith
March 15, 2013
10:45 AM EST
News outlets, including Russian news agency Ria Novosti and later the Huffington Post and The Atlantic, were hoaxed by a phony story claiming that armed dolphins with "firearms attached to their heads" were on the...
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Was Times of London Hoaxed by French Satire story on Qatar Dream Football League?
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Sydney Smith
March 14, 2013
06:05 PM EST
The Times of London denied that it was hoaxed by a French satire article, but the evidence against the paper looks pretty solid. The Times' Oliver Kay...
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Was Daily Mail Hoaxed by Fake Bashid Mclean Twitter Account?
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Sydney Smith
March 05, 2013
12:45 PM EST
Was the UK Daily Mail hoaxed by a fake Twitter account purporting to be Bashid Mclean, the New York man who is accused of murdering and dismembering his mother, Tanya Byrd? In a story about a photo Mclean reportedly...
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'It's just amazing' CNN thought I faked being mayor' says Big Bear Lake Mayor about Chris Dorner coverage
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Sydney Smith
February 13, 2013
09:30 PM EST
Mayor Jay Obernolte was interviewed by CNN's Wolf Blitzer last night about the search for former Los Angeles police office Chris Dorner. But, after that interview, CNN's live blog said that the network...
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Wait! CNN Not Hoaxed? Chris Dorner Coverage Gone Wrong AGAIN?
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Sydney Smith
February 13, 2013
02:00 PM EST
Yesterday, CNN deleted information from its live blog on the search for former police officer Chris Dorner and said that it found out the interview had been with someone posing as the mayor of Big Bear Lake, Jay Obernolte,...
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Sarah Palin Joins Al Jazeera? WashPost Duped by Satire Article
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Sydney Smith
February 12, 2013
11:35 AM EST
Shortly after Mediaite called the Washington Post out for being duped by a satire site, the Post scrubbed references to phony quotes and information claiming Sarah Palin was going to work for Al Jazeera...
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UK Telegraph Wrong, Australian Hoaxer DJs NOT 'Axed' after Prank Kate Middleton Call
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Sydney Smith
February 01, 2013
05:00 PM EST
The Telegraph and Guardian reported conflicting information about the employment of the two Australian hoax DJs, Mel Greig and Michael Christian. As iMediaEthics has written, the pair were behind a hoax phone call to Kate...
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'More women than James Bond'? Fake Roger Moore Interview Hoax, UK Newspaper pays damages
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Sydney Smith
January 23, 2013
10:30 AM EST
Newspaper The Sunday People apologized and announced it's paying Roger Moore "damages and legal costs" after its touted September interview with Moore turned out to be a hoax, the Press Gazette...
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Mike Tyson Sex Change Hoax, Part 1: Zimbabwe's the Standard Denies Being Tricked
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Sydney Smith
January 15, 2013
07:30 AM EST
Zimbabwe newspaper The Standard ran a story claiming that Mike Tyson was having a sex change. But, after news outlets including the BBC called them out for being hoaxed, The Standard denied that it had been tricked and...
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Australia's Media Spy Hoaxed by Phony Interview with Actor Accused of Child Sex Abuse
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Sydney Smith
January 13, 2013
06:55 PM EST
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Was Journalist Hoaxer Behind Fake Philip Roth Twitter Account?
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Sydney Smith
January 02, 2013
06:40 PM EST
Journalists including New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan were tricked by a phony Twitter account posing as author Philip Roth, the New York Observer reported. Sullivan later tweeted about having...
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