They were also asked to rate their ability to determine whether stories were true. The team, led by Ben Lyons, a professor of communications at the University of Utah, showed study volunteers headlines presented in the format of how news articles would look if they appeared in a Facebook feed. The study of surveys involving 8,200 people, which published in in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, also showed Republicans are more likely to fall for fake news than Democrats are. Or check out some stories that might become front page news, in 7 Retarded Food Myths the Internet Thinks Are True.Īnd visit the most reputable sources of news on the Internet at 's Top Picks.As many as three in four Americans overestimate their ability to spot false headlines – and the worse they are at it, the more likely they are to share fake news, researchers reported Monday. He can be found on the web at and on MySpace.Īnd check out some more lies that fucked with the entire planet, in 7 Bullshit Rumors That Caused Real World Catastrophes. The story grew so fast and so quickly that the site's owner eventually had to put a huge disclaimer at the top of the page pointing out that it was fake, a separate page explaining the reason behind the fake story and a CafePress store that sold mutilated midget T-shirts.ĭanny Gallagher is a freelance writer, humorist, reporter and midget wrangler. Eventually the New York Post reported the story as real as part of their daily journalistic requirement to include at least three midget related stories in their daily output. The layout of the story looked so good that several high profile blog sites including posted a link to the fake story as if it were real news. The discussion became so heated that the friend on the "pro-lion" side of the argument created a fake webpage. A couple of friends got into a discussion over whether or not a group of 40 unarmed midgets could use the power of teamwork to defeat a fully-grown African lion.
Allegedly, the hookers weren't charged because the boys convinced them they were really a group of midgets from a traveling circus seeking some non-sexual companionship.įittingly, the most ridiculous fake news story ever covered by the mainstream media had the most ridiculous beginning. But there's also the ending, which would make Michael Bay and the entire Church of Scientology call bullshit. The Police finally caught the boy and several of his friends before the hookers could show them five ways to please a man with a "Gravity Hammer." Given the adorable little "we only needed a fourth player" plot-twist, we can understand why someone might want to believe the story.
"Oh, so when you said 'joystick,' you meant.
He only needed someone to play some Halo with him. It might not have been enough to hook the media if it weren't for an additional to-good-to-be-true detail: he didn't hire them for a night of wild sex. A boy in Texas stole his father's identity, obtained a credit card, and took his friends on a whirlwind-shopping spree of video games, electronic gadgets and two $1,000-an-hour hookers.
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