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Lies, Innuendo and Misinformation: Five Current Hoaxes Pushed Daily

Five greatest hoaxes Palestinian supporters mistakenly believeJames SinkinsonLike American mainstream media, supporters of Palestinians are mostly “progressives”—leftist Democrats...

In 1810, a prankster sent 4,000 letters to flood one London address with chimney sweeps, coffins, and the Lord Mayor

Theodore Hook is a historical figure whose eccentricity defined his period. He became known for the Berners Street Hoax of 1810—an undertaking considered arguably the greatest prac...

Hoax bomb threat to ISRO: Man traced to Uttar Pradesh, arrested

Police arrests Ghaziabad man for sending hoax bomb threats to multiple organisations

Police arrests Ghaziabad man for sending hoax bomb threats to multiple organisations

Galway courthouse evacuated after hoax security alert sparks morning chaos

Fake Haaretz site pushes bogus Ukraine gold story – and goes viral

A cloned Haaretz website using fake registration details spreads fabricated claims about a Zelenskyy ally, reaching hundreds of thousands of users on social media

Police declare bomb threat at prominent KL building a hoax after sweep, probe underway

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — Police have confirmed that a bomb threat made against a prominent building in the capital l...

Hoax Bomb Threat At Kannur Airport; Police Launch Probe

Multiple email IDs of the airport and two airline operators received an email on Saturday afternoon claiming that the airport would be destroyed in a bomb blast.

Hoax bomb threat at Kannur airport; police launch probe

Kannur, June 14: The police have launched an investigation into a hoax bomb threat received by Kannur airport, officials said on Sunday. Mattannur Police have registered a case and...

Billy Meier’s UFO Photos: Real Evidence or Elaborate Hoax?

Billy Meier (born 1937) is a Swiss UFO contactee who claims he has been in communication with extraterrestrial beings known as the Plejaren since childhood. He gained international...

The Coast Guard says it’s getting hoax calls. Perpetrators risk prison time and big fines.

The Coast Guard warns that a rise in false distress calls and hoaxes is straining emergency resources and endangering response efforts.

The Great Moon Hoax of 1835: Where “Fake News” Began

Thinking back to the many childhood grocery-store trips made with their parents, Americans of a certain age will remember nothing so vividly as the Weekly World News. It always sto...

Stelling | Techbedrijven moeten meer doen om nepnieuws tegen te gaan

Ze zijn jong, universitair geschoold en proosten op vrijdagmiddag met speciaalbier in hun hypermoderne kantoor. Maar achter de deuren van deze hippe Vietnamese marketingbureaus sch...

Say what you want about this junk survey, at least it’s more plausible than other hyped claims like the hyperloop or the...

Palko points to this breakdown of a junk news story. The fake-survey-to-headline pipeline reminds me of a credulous Wall Street Journal story from a few years back. But, yeah, with...

Canadian state media backs secret plot to trap and humiliate Indian mass-grave skeptics

Canada's Indian mass-graves hoax never stood up to scrutiny, so radicals are now working to denigrate and discredit their most vocal scrutineers — those derisively referred to in r...

English woman claimed she gave birth to rabbits and Britain's most respected doctors believed every word: The story of h...