by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Apr 20, 2009
NYC Media Fall For Lil’ Kim Hoax:
New York City media outlets, including Channel 7 Eyewitness News and 1010 WINS radio, fell for a fake press release...
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by Rhonda Roland Shearer on May 08, 2009
Student Duped Media Using Wikipedia to Test Accuracy…
AFP reports "An Irish student's fake quote on the Wikipedia online encyclopedia has been used in newspaper obituaries around the...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Jul 08, 2009
Even Poynter Online was faked out by photo
Will Sullivan's article in Poynter Online accidentally published a fake photo as part of a report about media outlets aggregating...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 23, 2009
Move Over Balloon Boy, Remember Monster Pig Hoax? : Forced Perspective Photo Tricks on Flickr
Before the Colorado "Balloon Boy" hoax, there was the "Monster Pig" publicity stunt, which much like "Balloon Boy" involved the exploitation...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 24, 2009
Reuters Falls For Chamber Of Commerce Hoax: Says Report Could Have Affected Markets
Reuters (and subsequently The New York Times and Washington Post) fell for a hoax press release issued by the farcical...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 30, 2009
Balloon Boy, The Yes Men, Now A Latvian Meteorite Joins The List of Recent Hoaxes
In recent weeks, the media has reported on a number of hoaxes. First, Balloon Boy; then, a fake Chamber of Commerce...
by Katie Rolnick on Oct 31, 2009
Is October National Hoax Month?
Apparently, October is National Hoax Month -- or so it would seem, given the proliferation of fraudulent stories that appeared...
by Molika Ashford on Nov 11, 2009
Why Did Everyone Fall For Balloon Boy? Slate Says Media Is Too Trusting of Emotions
The Balloon Boy hoax this October captured so much coverage in so many media, it’s appropriate to wonder what it...
by Danielle Elliot on Dec 14, 2009
The Skinny on the Fat Murderer Hoax: Media Need to Update Stories
When a story catches international attention, but turns out to be a hoax, should media update and clarify original stories...