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Drudge Report links to, tweets Fake Jake Gyllenhaal Tweet Endorsing Mitt Romney

The Drudge Report linked to a fake Twitter account purporting to be Jake Gyllenhaal, Mediaite reported. The post directed to...

This past week, news outlets in the UK and Canada were hoaxed by a company purporting to be a "celebrity...

Denver ABC-affiliate KMGH, also known as 7News or the Denver Channel, apologized yesterday for its "viral" error in using a...

The Associated Press issued a "KILL BULLETIN" Nov. 26 after wrongly reporting that "Google Inc. is paying $400 million" to...

The New York Post was tricked by a fake Facebook page for Ryan Lanza, the brother of Adam Lanza, the gunman...

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Zimbabwe newspaper The Standard ran a story claiming that Mike Tyson was having a sex change. But, after news outlets...

Newspaper The Sunday People apologized and announced it's paying Roger Moore "damages and legal costs" after its touted September interview with...

Shortly after Mediaite called the Washington Post out for being duped by a satire site, the Post scrubbed references to...