Journalistic hoaxes

false or misleading information presented as news

urban legend suggesting that Paul McCartney died and was replaced by a look-alike

series of sixty volumes of journals purportedly by Adolf Hitler, but forged by Konrad Kujau

fake newspaper article series

1957 April Fools' hoax report broadcast on BBC

British journalist

science fiction short story by Edgar Allan Poe

American journalist

American journalist

website that deliberately publishes hoaxes and disinformation

the spreading of deliberate fabrications or exaggerations about the crimes committed by an enemy

newspaper article written by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1844, originally presented as a true story, about Monck Mason's trip across the Atlantic Ocean in 3 days in a gas balloon; later revealed as a hoax

American journalist

American science writer

television program

2002 film directed by William Karel

hoax about a plane's disappearance

typography-themed April Fools' Day hoax centered around a fictional island country

overview about fake news in India

American poet

1899 faked newspaper story

hindu temple in Pakistan

French true crime writer

newspaper

fake film critic

hoax by journalist Oobah Butler