Fake News, Fabrication and Fakery in the News Media

UK Sun didn’t publish fake interview with Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo

Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo accused the UK Sun of publishing a fake interview, but the Sun said it actually was...

French professional soccer player Paul Pogba accused the UK Daily Mail of publishing a fake interview with him. Pogba is...

Several news sites wrongly reported that actor and comedian Tracy Morgan would have to have his leg amputated. Morgan and...

In another cautionary tale about not checking facts, last month the Frederick News-Post in Maryland admitted that it published fake quotes...

iMediaEthics wrote about an Australian man accused of posing as a Sky News reporter and interviewing the professional soccer player...

Now that the phone hacking trial is over, Andy Coulson has to go to court in Scotland to deal with...

Many social media users have been duped by a satire story claiming 17 dismembered bodies were found in Kentucky. The...

Andy Coulson, former editor of News of the World, has been charged with three counts of perjury. Last month, Coulson...

The Washington Post unpublished 2,000 words of an article about HIV diagnoses after learning its source made up his story....