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Twitter Interview Gone Wrong: Huff Post hoaxed by fake witness to Antonio Martin shooting

The Huffington Post was hoaxed by a fake interview with someone they found on social media claiming to witness the...

Major news outlets were duped by a fake Twitter account purporting to be run by the North Korean government despite...

Of course, the headline for this story is a riff on Buzzfeed's typical story format. But despite the winning entertainment...

NBC News is investigating anchor Brian Williams' lie that he was in a helicopter hit by RPG fire in Iraq...

Several news outlets claimed Israel intentionally flooded the Gaza Strip. The AFP, Al Jazeera and the Daily Mail were among...

Bloomberg Politics fell for a hoax story saying Nancy Reagan is backing Hillary Clinton in her bid for the Presidency...

The Times of Israel unpublished an article that called Palestinians "worthless subhuman beasts and vermin." The article went on to...

The BBC was duped by a Twitter hoaxer last week into an awkward on-air interview with a man slamming Star...