Fake News, Fabrication and Fakery in the News Media

Fauxlympics: Fakery at the Olympics in Beijing

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

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

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

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

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

San Francisco Chronicle reports: "The Associated Press and video services operated by CBS and NBC have pulled video allegedly taken...

The Lede's Mike Nizza and Patrick Witty write: "As the above illustration shows, the second missile from the right appears...

NOVA Science Now reports: "Seeing is no longer believing in our modern digital world. Powerful photo-manipulation software is available to...