MetaFilter posts tagged with fakenews

The Onion Vs. President Bush

Del Far — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:28:06 -0800

The whole eight years of Bush in Onion articles. (Via)

Fake TV News: Widespread and Undisclosed

NailsTheCat — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:10:47 -0800

US TV newsrooms churn out PR companies' spin as real news. Hats off to those broadcasters who turned the spin around to reflect the real truthiness.
Meanwhile while I didn't find similar PR company manipulation in UK TV news, there's certainly an element of government, or more accurately MoD, faking that compares well with the US's.

Making New Fake News

Robot Johnny — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:46:17 -0800

How the Onion Got a Facelift , and in the process offered their full news archives from 1996 to the present available online for free. The Onion A.V. Club also finds a new home.

Tinkerbell and Dong Resin, Together Again?

wendell — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:45:06 -0800

Worst. NewsFilter. Ever. "No details are available", but at last count, Google News had over 250 sources for the "Paris Hilton's Missing Dog" non-news story. I'm a dog lover myself, and was once broken-hearted by the loss of a chihuahua, but too few alleged journalists are treating this 'news' with even a small dose of the disrespect it genuinely deserves. Meanwhile one TV show is crowing about getting "the scoop" (but apparently not on their own website, which can't even spell Rumor). But The Daily News and USA Today connected the story to Tinkerbell's upcoming book, ghost-written by MeFi's beleved Dong "Don't Call Me 'D'" Resin, and USAToady gave the book a sidebar story. Which raises the big question: with the book's release about two weeks away, could our own Delightful Dong have been the dognapper? I've seen worse publicity stunts for a book.

In other entertainment news, remember the suitcase full of priceless Beatles memorabilia? Well, a Beatlemania expert says It's Fake. You just can't trust anybody these days.

CNNNN: Embedded in your heart

reklaw — Fri, 04 Jun 2004 19:57:36 -0800

CNNNN: Australia's finest news source, with the very best Newstainment around, presented by professional commentators with the aid of the CNNNN Newsband, studio audience and newsbar monkey, and advertisement support from Esteem ("because you need it") and Boggs beer ("the imported beer made right here"). Featuring new reality show Animal Farm, Bush's Slumber Down Under (let's "give him the big Dubya"), extreme news from the Firth Report, CNNNN Pay-Per-News and much, much more. [warning: RealPlayer]

Hello, VanDeLay Industries, how can I direct your call?

soyjoy — Sun, 21 Mar 2004 20:58:49 -0800

Jack Kelley makes Jayson Blair and Stephen Glass look like amateurs. So how come this story isn't getting more play?

titboy — Sat, 19 Oct 2002 12:48:34 -0800

This news item turned out to be a hoax. Has Reuters been fooled again? I certainly smell a rat... (I know the original mefi link pointed to the BBC, but the BBC picked it up from Reuters)

jcterminal — Wed, 02 Oct 2002 19:27:07 -0800

omg we're all going to die, which means the hurricanes, the war against terrorism, high school free speech... it's all a big nothing!