Fake News, Fabrication and Fakery in the News Media

Hoax: North Korea didn’t send 17-year-old astronaut to the Sun

No, North Korea didn't land a teenaged astronaut on the sun in the dark of night. Irish satire site Waterford...

Actor and comedian Russell Brand is suing the UK Sun on Sunday for libel. In question is the paper's Nov....

David Bar Katz is suing the National Enquirer over its current Feb. 17 cover story claiming he and Philip Seymour...

OK! magazine has admitted it published a fake story about actress Jennifer Lawrence. The Feb. 3 story claimed that actor Nicholas...

Countless news outlets were hoaxed by a radio prank claiming Justin Bieber was planning to move to Atlanta and residents...

Pretending to be a reporter can have real legal consequences, as one Australian man is learning after interviewing a football...

Five TV morning shows were duped last year by a Queens, N.Y., comedian posing as a famous chef. The comedian, Nick...

University of Oregon-Eugene student newspaper The Daily Emerald revealed that one of its former reporters, Jessica Fisher, faked interviews and...

Want to see how a rumor spreads around the world? Look no further than the case of Michael Schumacher, the...