Kim Kardashian Tweets: ‘Did I Just Hear Cher Has Passed Away?’
Socialite and reality star Kim Kardashian asked her millions of Twitter followers early Friday morning if Cher was dead. Needless to say it was an instant Twitter trend and many Cher fans tweeted in terror. Could this be true??? Nope. Our sister site GossipCop confirmed the pop star was alive and well and the whole...
Rick Santorum On Why He’s Most Electable: I Didn’t Buy Into ‘Global Warming Hoax’
During the last question of the night at the Flordia GOP presidential debate on CNN, moderator Wolf Blitzer asked Rick Santorum why he was the candidate most likely to defeat President Obama. Santorum explained his differences with Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, giving a laundry list of policy contrasts, perhaps most notably on climate...
Oops: Florida Man Incorrectly Identified As Casey Anthony Juror, Contacted By GMA
Who would have thought that so much incorrect information could be shared on the internet? A day after the now-infamous "not guilty" verdict in the Casey Anthony case, Twitter user sexxxykarin (so right away, we know it's coming from a truly reliable source of information) sent out tweets claiming to know who one of the...
Hoaxes Add To Heartache As Web Spreads False Reports Of Quake Deaths
There's no shortage of real, wrenching heartbreak in Japan, but that hasn't stopped hoaxers from adding to the misery. For Ashley Russell, that misery came in the form of a fake story he read online listing his daughter among the dead in Japan. "There are some evil people out there," said Russell, a 48-year-old publisher....
Paul Crik: Is He Real, Or a Trick?
Let's talk about Killin' It With Paul Crik, the work of a self-help philosopher who supposedly offers a 21st century approach to living the life you want. He is ridiculous, yet entertaining -- but is it an act, or is it real? 
Meet the Prankster Brothers Behind "Jenny," the Whiteboard-Using, Farmville-Exposing, HPOA Girl
John and Leo Resig fooled the media in 2007 with a made-up story about Donald Trump. Now they're making headlines again.
Good Day NY Anchors Wonder Aloud Whether Bret Michaels’ Illness Was A Hoax
Poison frontman and Celebrity Apprentice champion Bret Michaels disobeyed the doctor’s orders last week to put on an energetic performance on American Idol. For the anchors of Fox 5’s Good Day New York, his recovery from a brain hemorrhage and stroke and his not-yet-fixed heart condition was more than miraculous-- it was too good to...
How to Hoodwink Twitter (Hint: It’s Easy)
You don't need to get a group of Digg fans to spread a fake story on Twitter. But it's a pretty effective way to do it.
Twitter Didn’t Kill Gordon Lightfoot. Big Media Did.
It's easy to blame Twitter for falsely reporting that the guy who sings "Sundown" is dead. But you can't pin this one on the messaging service or its users, who were merely repeating what a big Canadian news service had told them.
Balloon Boy’s Father Gets Emotional, Denies Hoax To Larry King
Empathy, sorrow and compassion are emotions one typically feels after watching a guest tear up on television. But every rule has an exception, and the appearance of Richard Henne (a.k.a. father to Balloon Boy) on Larry King is one such exception. CNN's Wolf Blitzer aired clips of tonight's coming interview with Larry King in which...
‘Axe Effect’ Lawsuit Hoax Sweeps the Internet
File this under "too good to check." The "Axe Effect," a marketing construct that humorously taps into the fervent male fantasy that irresistible sexual magnetism can be purchased in a bottle, faces a court challenge from a luckless, clueless guy who makes us all feel better about ourselves. The story of Vaibhav Bedi's quixotic crusade...
