Fake News, Fabrication and Fakery in the News Media

Is Speculative, Photoshopped Princess Diana Report Distasteful?

Newsweek Photoshopped a picture of the late Princess Diana into a photo of Kate Middleton and featured a cover story...

The Independent's Johann Hari has admitted to using quotes from books and other news outlets without attribution. But it's not as...

Hackers formerly associated with hacking group Anonymous hacked into one of Fox News' Twitter accounts this morning and posted fake...

Hackers attacked Sony Music Ireland July 5 and posted fake news stories, the Irish Times reported. One of the fake...

CBS altered its on-air footage of the Fourth of July fireworks celebration in Boston, the Boston Globe reported. Images of...

As iMediaEthics previously reported, the New York Post is being sued for libel by the hotel maid who has accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn...

Illinois former teacher Deborah Netter is no longer suing Greg Mortenson, Sky News reported. Netter's lawsuit was against Mortenson, co-author...

Fake news that CNN host and former Daily Mirror and News of the World editor Piers Morgan had been suspended...

Media outlets ranging from the BBC and Los Angeles Times to PC World New Zealand and CNet were hoaxed by...