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Sarah Palin Joins Al Jazeera? WashPost Duped by Satire Article

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

iMediaEthics wrote earlier today about the Washington Post's correction after being duped by a satire story claiming Sarah Palin would...

CNN was hoaxed by someone posing as Big Bear Lake Mayor Jay Obernolte, according to a note on its live...

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

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

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

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

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