Fake News, Fabrication and Fakery in the News Media

"What is Wrong with this Xinhua News Photo with President Hu?

ChinaSmack writes: "This official Xinhua News picture of China President Hu Jintao inspecting the Olympic preparations in Qingdao is too...

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"The face of a seven-year-old Chinese girl star singer at the Olympic opening ceremony was replaced with another after the...

BoingBoing's Mark Frauenfelder writes: PhotoShop Disasters writes " The whole area [in the map] is full of Photoshopped artefacts. Theories...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Rodney Ho writes: "Nicole Sellers, the J Records rep for Hudson, arrived. She said three of us...

Gregb1977 points out 4 instances of fakery and coins a new term-- the "fauxlympics." First, it's the fake fireworks. Second,...

The New York Times' Alex Williams writes: "In an age of digital manipulation, many people believe that snapshots and family...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy received a photoshop liposuction job from a graphics doctor working for French magazine Paris Match. With...

PolitickerNJ.com's "Chris Myers (R-Medford) slammed (NJ) state Sen. John Adler (D-Cherry Hill) today, charging that the content in mailers from...