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On social media and elsewhere, job seekers theorize about other reasons: Some think employers are posting fake roles to convince investors and employees that they are healthy and growing, or to harvest data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Kalshi said it didn’t see a bump in trading in the L.A. mayoral race around the time Median Strategies released its fake poll.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

At one booth, visitors pointed their phones at a humanoid wearing an apron as it gingerly reached for a toy chicken drumstick before clamping down and lifting the fake meat into a bucket.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says the “audience rights” initiative she announced last month is designed to protect the public from fake news.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

All of it followed, in his mind, from the warping effects of his fake eye.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Median didn’t respond until Monday, first saying it was shutting down its polling operation, then admitting to The Times that the poll was faked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Video blogger Geng Hongwei, a 33-year-old graduate-school dropout, alleged in May that Shanghai University scientists faked data in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

If a video isn’t engaging enough, or if it bears obvious signs of being faked, Polymarket will ask for the videos to be reshot, the creators said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

Caligiuri faked right then cut left, the beaten defender sticking his right leg out wildly in protest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

To the children’s delight, the admiral faked a gruesome death by snakebite, clutching his chest and staggering to the ground while his tongue waggled out the side of his mouth.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Haynes took the shotgun snap at the 10 and dropped back to the 14 before shooting up the middle, pump faking around the seven and diving into the end zone for the game-winning score.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

How-to guides were discovered on the ships detailing additional methods for faking GPS information, the report said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Prosecutors have accused Soofer of faking invoices for fresh meals while clients were left to eat breakfast bars, canned beans and ramen noodles.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

There is nothing a referee can do about it, as they cannot accuse a player of faking an injury.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

And there’s one further possibility: he might have been faking the whole thing.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides