Read more hoax stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/14296/hoax.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:24:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72707/mobile-firms-meteor-stunt-backfires.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Swedish mobile phone company has dug itself into a crater with a marketing stunt involving a fake meteorite. Tele2 dug a hole in a meadow in Latvia and placed burning chemicals in the bottom to simulate a meteor strike, making headlines worldwide and fooling emergency services into cordoning off...http://www.newser.com/story/72707/mobile-firms-meteor-stunt-backfires.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 4:42:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72373/thanks-for-the-ride-falcon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJust about everyone seems to hate Richard Heene, but the emotion just proves how powerfully the balloon boy hoax gripped our collective imagination. “Had Richard called 911 and reported that he’d last seen his son near a Greyhound bus station, almost nobody would have cared,” writes Brandon Keim for True/Slant....http://www.newser.com/story/72373/thanks-for-the-ride-falcon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 13:52:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72262/kanye-lives-and-so-do-these-other-hoaxed-celebs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWe'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...http://www.newser.com/story/72262/kanye-lives-and-so-do-these-other-hoaxed-celebs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 4:26:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72268/balloon-boy-another-blow-to-trust.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Falcon Heene fiasco sums up the dilemma facing a society riddled with fake news, Photoshop fakes, and even fake Rush Limbaugh quotes, writes Daniel Henninger. "Reality TV" is the perfect metaphor for a world where you need to routinely "ask yourself whether what's in front of you is real,...http://www.newser.com/story/72268/balloon-boy-another-blow-to-trust.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 3:35:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72051/balloon-family-feels-under-siege-lawyer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRichard and Mayumi Heene are likely regretting the hoax they staged using their 6-year-old son and a balloon: With criminal charges looming and public opinion turning against them, the family feels “under siege,” their lawyer said today. The FAA has opened an investigation into the incident; it has jurisdiction because...http://www.newser.com/story/72051/balloon-family-feels-under-siege-lawyer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 16:56:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71964/how-i-helped-plan-the-balloon-boy-hoax.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBalloon boy Falcon Heene's father, Richard, planned the hoax because he wanted to return to reality TV, claims a former research assistant. Heene "was often driven by ego and fame," Robert Thomas says in an interview with Gawker, which the website acknowledges it paid him for. "He was all about...http://www.newser.com/story/71964/how-i-helped-plan-the-balloon-boy-hoax.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 18 Oct 2009 15:12:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71873/balloon-boy-throws-up-on-today-gma-as-dad-denies-hoax.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Heene family made the morning show rounds today, denying that the “Balloon Boy” saga and search for assumed-missing son Falcon was a publicity stunt. “I went through such a rollercoaster of emotions yesterday, to have people say that, I think is extremely pathetic,” dad Richard told Good Morning America...http://www.newser.com/story/71873/balloon-boy-throws-up-on-today-gma-as-dad-denies-hoax.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 8:38:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71835/was-balloon-boy-stunt-a-hoax.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn apparent "slip" by Falcon Heene has fueled frenzied internet speculation that yesterday's balloon hoohah was a publicity stunt orchestrated by his family. When his dad asked him during a CNN interview with the family why the 6-year-old didn't come out of the attic when people were calling his name,...http://www.newser.com/story/71835/was-balloon-boy-stunt-a-hoax.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 6:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71597/jim-morrison-is-not-in-this-photo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJim Morrison is still dead. Repeat: Still dead. Unfortunately, and just in time for Halloween, researchers in a new book assert that an old photo taken of a visitor to Morrison's grave does indeed show the singer's ghostly image rising, complains Lou Carlozo. These supposed experts rule out weird lighting...http://www.newser.com/story/71597/jim-morrison-is-not-in-this-photo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 18:27:48 CDT