Fake News, Fabrication and Fakery in the News Media

Fake Texts Sent on Al Jazeera ‘Mobile Service’ after Hack

Al Jazeera's "mobile service" was hacked this weekend and a "three false texts" were sent, the Australian Herald Sun reported. ...

Estonian newspaper Eesti Ekspress apologized for a "fake ad" in its "humor section" that paired "a photo of prisoners at...

A fake story claiming "Ben Roethlisberger has broken both of his legs in a traffic altercation," circulated this week, Deadspin...

The Daily Mail apologized and paid Nicolas Cage "undisclosed damages" in a libel settlement over a September story claiming he...

The Daily Collegian, the student newspaper at Penn State University, apologized and suspended a student writer after he fabricated quotes...

VIENNA, Austria -- Austrian newspaper publisher Christoph Dichand apologized after Kronen Zeitung was caught using a faked dramatic photograph of...

The New York Times quoted or pictured six fake names in a Sept. 27 story, "Last Call for College Bars." ...

Malawi Voice reporter Justice Mponda has been charged with "false publication and criminal libel" over an article claiming the country's...

This past week, news outlets in the UK and Canada were hoaxed by a company purporting to be a "celebrity...