April Fools' Day Archives

April Fools: People magazine, TMZ, et al hoaxed by George Takei’s prank campaign bid

George Takei isn't running for Congress. The actor, best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu on Star Trek, posted...

USA Today was duped by an April Fools' prank last week but didn't clearly tell readers that, Ad Week's Fishbowl...

The University of Virginia student newspaper, Cavalier Daily, unpublished two April Fools Day articles that mocked an attack on a...

The Eastern Daily Press apologized after being hoaxed by an April Fool's Day prank, UK journalism news website Hold the...

Yahoo News and others were hoaxed by a fake report that the cast of 90s TV show Full House would...

A Louisiana high school's student newspaper published a story that local restaurant was being shut down and possibly sued over...

Was the UK Daily Mirror hoaxed by an April Fools' joke? In an April 1 story, the Mirror reported on...

Outlets including Gizmodo UK, Venture Beat, and the Washington Times admitted being duped by an April Fools' hoax within 24...

Several news outlets were hoaxed by a story claiming that France would start using drones to deliver newspapers. News outlets...

Rutgers University student satire newspaper The Medium published an April 4 column "What about the good things Hitler did?" under...