On AlterNet: hoax

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Yes Men Hoax: "Special Edition" of NY Post Warns of Climate Change Threat

Rory O'Connor, RoryOConnor.org. September 21, 2009.

The most alarming thing about the spoofy newspaper was that the news within it came from a spooky — but official — NYC report.

Birther Whack Jobs: Citizens of Idiot America

Dan Kennedy, Comment Is Free. July 30, 2009.

Join MoveOn's fight take on Lou Dobbs and put this paranoid and racist movement to an end.

Georgia Representative Calls Global Warming Fake, Gets Applause From Fellow GOPers

Ben Bergmann, ThinkProgress. June 26, 2009.

Paul Broun claims that man-made climate change is one of the "greatest hoaxes perpetrated out of the scientific community."

Faux New York Times Issue Inspires Hope, Declares Iraq War Over

Justin Krebs, Open Left. November 12, 2008.

Unlike the Onion which pokes at the truth with absurd headlines, this clever parody wasn't so far-fetched.

McCain Aides Aggressively Pushed Mutilation Hoax

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. October 24, 2008.

The "Todd the Fraud" story thickens.

Abortion Art A Hoax?

Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise. April 18, 2008.

Conservatives like Drudge are going crazy over a story about abortion art, but one blogger is skeptical.

AP Pranked Into Printing Fake Story About GE\'s \"Generosity\"

Sarah Seltzer, December 31, 1969.