Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: hoaxes

hoaxes stories: 4 news summaries

 Kanye Lives!  And So Do 
 These Other Hoaxed Celebs 

Fake rumors of celebrity death from Kanye West to Frank Sinatra

Oct 22, 09 4:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - We're happy for you Kanye, but Paul McCartney's may have been the best celebrity death hoax of all time. An elaborate Internet hoax fooled many into thinking Kanye West had been killed in a car crash yesterday, prompting the Los Angeles Times to look at other celebs who fell victim... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Paul McCartney • Tom Cruise • Kanye West • celebrity • Tom Hanks • hoax • rumor • hoaxes • Frank Sinatra • celebrity death

 Pakistan Feared 
 Indian Air Strikes 

India was preparing to hits areas identified as militant camps, says official

Dec 7, 08 6:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan feared a retaliatory attack by India after the Mumbai terrorist siege, a Pakistani official told the BBC. Evidence indicated that India was planning an air raid on suspected militant training camps, he said. Despite worries that India planned "to teach Pakistan a lesson, we wouldn't have gone—and... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Mumbai • Pakistan militants • terrorist attack • hoaxes

UPDATED

Obama Camp: $30K Ring
for Michelle Is Bogus

Reports of thank-you bling from president-elect greatly exaggerated

Dec 2, 08 1:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Reports earlier today that Barack Obama is spending $30,000 on a thank-you ring for wife Michelle are false, the president-elect’s camp tells Politico. Britain’s Daily Mail quoted a spokesman for Italian jeweler Giovanni Bosco as saying Obama had contacted the company about getting the bling in time... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • jewelry • inauguration • hoaxes • President Obama • Giovanni Bosco

LA Times Apologizes
for Diddy-Tupac Story

Paper admits it was based on fake FBI documents from con man

Mar 27, 08 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Los Angeles Times today admitted the paper was duped in its story alleging that Sean "Diddy" Combs was connected to the 1994 murder of fellow rapper Tupac Shakur. The reporter and editor responsible for the story apologized and said parts of it were based on FBI records that... More »

MORE ABOUT:
fraud • Diddy • Los Angeles Times • apology • rap music • Tupac Shakur • East Coast-West Coast rap feud • hoaxes

4 Stories


from our news partners