Fake News, Fabrication and Fakery in the News Media

Fmr Fox News Commentator Wayne Simmons gets 33 Months in Prison for Fake CIA claims

Wayne Simmons, a former Fox News commentator who claimed he worked for the CIA for decades, was sentenced to 33...

Australia's The Age, a Melbourne-based daily newspaper, fired freelancer Tara Kenny after learning she faked features for a style column called...

What is going on with 84-year-old journalist Gay Talese and his new book The Voyeur's Motel? On June 30, the...

The UK Sun, Mirror and Daily Record all falsely claimed hypnotist Paul McKenna was drunk on a plane to Barbados...

No, three British men didn't drunkenly end up in Syria. It seems like a no-brainer that the story was a...

In a statement published May 26, freelance journalist Joseph Mayton, who is based in California, denies fabricating interviews for articles he...

Sigma Delta Chi, the foundation for the Society of Professional Journalists, is returning Stephen Glass's donation. "I appreciate the SDX...

Serial plagiarist and fabricator Jayson Blair talked about his notorious journalism past in a recent discussion with students at the...

Infamous fabricator Stephen Glass is still trying to make amends for his ethical violations in the 1990s when he worked...