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NEWS ABOUT: hoax

hoax stories: 45 news summaries

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China: Sorry for This Fake Photo

State news agency apologizes for doctored image of antelopes near train

Feb 22, 08 5:12 PM CST
(Newser) - China’s state-run news service has apologized for running—and honoring—a doctored photo that aided the government’s argument about a new train line's environmental impact. The 2006 image showed antelopes frolicking under Tibetan tracks, purportedly demonstrating that the beloved beasts weren’t affected by them. It worked, until... More »

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China • Beijing • photograph • Tibet • Photoshop • hoax • Xinhua • antelope • doctored photo

Boardroom Hoax Has Street Abuzz

Analyst imposter gets access to top execs and has everyone baffled

Feb 16, 08 7:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Joe Herrick asks wonk-like questions about the impact of lean Six Sigma management techniques, is unfailingly polite and talks the talk of quarterly corporate conference earnings calls, fitting in nicely with the other securities analysts asking questions of the company’s head honchos. The problem is, reports the Wall Street ... More »

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Pepsi • earnings reports • hoax • lean six sigma • six sigma • Joe Herrick • Gutterman Research • Molson Coors Brewing Co, • securities analyst

Princeton Student Faked Own Beating

Sent death threats to himself and other campus conservatives

Dec 18, 07 4:07 AM CST
(Newser) - A Princeton student who claimed his views on morality and membership in a conservative organization triggered death threats against him and a beating has confessed that the threats and attack were self-delivered, the Daily Princetonian reports. Four others on campus, including a prominent conservative professor, were also threatened as part... More »

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Princeton University • crime • hoax • universities

Sham Study Tricks Climate Skeptics

Warming blamed on bacteria; pundits trumpeted the news

Nov 12, 07 7:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Turns out undersea bacteria don’t cause global warming after all. But they were on trial for 70 minutes last week after a British prof's email chain linked to a sham study. Climate skeptics and conservatives—Rush Limbaugh included—trumpeted the study until a University of Colorado prof smelled something... More »

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climate change • carbon dioxide • Rush Limbaugh • hoax • skeptics

Strip-search Costs McD's $6.1M

Jurors say franchise negligent in hoax

Oct 6, 07 10:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Kentucky jury has ordered McDonald's to pay $6.1 million to settle the case of an employee who was strip-searched in the fast-food restaurant as part of a hoax. Jurors gave Louise Ogborn, 18 at the time, hefty punitive damages because McDonald's didn't seem all that concerned about warning... More »

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McDonald's • sexual abuse • hoax • strip search • telephone

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