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That Michele Bachmann 'Who Likes White People' Video Is Lying to You
Jim Newell · 08/29/11 03:36PMSome rather strange footage of Michele Bachmann began circulating over the weekend in which she appears at first glance—and with the help of the uploader's captions!—to be asking the crowd, "Who likes white people?" Hot dog, what a racist that Michele Bachmann is! But the video, like 99% of the Internet, is a cruel hoax.
Obama Assassinated, According to Hacked Fox News Twitter
Max Read · 07/04/11 08:33AMFake Syrian Lesbian Tried to Get Book Deal
Max Read · 06/22/11 06:25PMSay what you will about Tom MacMaster, the married American grad student who pretended to be a kidnapped Syrian lesbian on the internet—at least he started his horrible fake blog to create (as he put it) "an important voice for issues that I feel strongly about." Well, that, and to cash in on a memoir written from the point of view of his alter ego, which he was shopping around in May.
Fake Teenager Pursued Weiner on Twitter
Max Read · 06/18/11 12:49PMLesbian Editor Who Published Fake Lesbian Blogger Also Fake
Max Read · 06/13/11 06:19PM'A Gay Girl in Damascus' Is Actually a Married Guy in Edinburgh
Max Read · 06/12/11 04:16PMFacebook Friends Tattoo was an 'Advertising Stunt'
Jeff Neumann · 06/09/11 12:50AMThe Mystery of the Gay Girl in Damascus
Adrian Chen · 06/08/11 02:20PMPsychic Leads Police, Media on Very Confusing Quest for Mass Grave
Max Read · 06/07/11 08:04PMAround 6:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday evening, CNN, Reuters and The New York Times, among others, seized on the juicy news that a "mass grave" of at least 20 "dismembered bodies" had been discovered in rural Texas. Only, the cops hadn't found any bodies, membered or dismembered — just a house with some blood on the porch. Also: They were acting on a tip from a psychic.
Good Morning America Wants $10,000 Refund for Botox Mom Story
Maureen O'Connor · 05/20/11 12:44PMBotox Mom Confesses: It Was All a Hoax
Maureen O'Connor · 05/19/11 12:27PMJennifer Lopez, American Idol, and the Mystery of the Disappearing Ass Brace
John Cook · 05/06/11 01:15PMWe all know reality television shows, including and especially American Idol, are basically serial hoaxes. But couldn't they try a little harder to maintain the illusion? Idol producers went to elaborate lengths last night to falsely present Jennifer Lopez's on-air performance as "live," but they left behind a few editing artifacts proving that it was taped.
What Will America's Most Popular Racist Do Next?
John Cook · 04/27/11 03:28PMCourt Allows Lawsuit Over Fake Internet Relationship
Max Read · 04/26/11 10:09PMThe One Place You Can Still Be Anyone on the Internet
Adrian Chen · 04/25/11 05:49PMDonald Trump Admits He's Exaggerated How Much Money He's Made
Remy Stern · 04/23/11 10:15AMDonald Trump Is Running for President of Your Bathroom
John Cook · 04/19/11 05:39AMBigfoot Hoaxers Not Even Trying Anymore
Adrian Chen · 03/24/11 11:16AMHey look! It's Bigfoot! No it's not. It's obviously some dude in a gorilla suit. But, nice try, Thomas Bryers of North Carolina.
Won't You Help James O'Keefe Pay off His 'Major Credit Card Debt'?
Jim Newell · 03/23/11 10:57AMConservative prankster James O'Keefe, the artless cad behind heavily edited video "stings" on NPR, ACORN, and other enemies of the state, has been paying for all of his work on his and his buddies' credit cards. Apparently it costs a lot of money to carry a camera and act like a jackass — $50,000, as it happens! So won't you be a peach and give him $50,000, or perhaps even $1 million? This is James O'Keefe's plea in an email to supporters.