Fake News, Fabrication and Fakery in the News Media

Canadian Journalist Francois Bugingo Admits Fabrication

Canadian journalist Francois Bugingo admitted last night that he fabricated some of his reporting. He confessed in a Facebook post...

Andy Coulson, a former News of the World editor and former communications director for UK prime minister David Cameron, was...

Journalist John Bohannon admitted last week that he intentionally duped the media with a study saying chocolate helped weight loss....

Francois Bugingo is officially out of the Federation of Professional Journalists in Quebec. Bugingo voluntarily sent in his membership card...

Fake shark photo alert! An Australian teenager did NOT get a great selfie with a shark while surfing. The teenager, Alex...

Terrorist group ISIS did not ban pigeon breeding, the rumor-debunking website Snopes reported. The UK Mail started the false claim...

Jules Stewart, the mother of actress Kristen Stewart, claims the UK Mirror faked quotes attributed to her. The Mirror published...

Brian Williams apologized yet again today and will move to MSNBC, with Lester Holt replacing him as NBC Nightly News...

NBC News canned Brian Williams as NBC Nightly News anchor and moved him to MSNBC, promoting Lester Holt as his...