hoaxes

Something smells fishy here, and it might just carry with it the white musk of deceit.

Before there were Internet trolls, there was Bob Pagani.

The birth of the internet may have heralded the golden age of trolling, but that doesn't mean trolling didn't exist in fine form beforehand. You desire proof? Here is your proof.

We really wanted to be done with this story, but then we heard admitted hoaxer Ronaiah Tuiasosopo perform the voice of Lennay Kekua for Dr. Phil, and had our minds blown.

Dr. Phil gave the Today Show some sneak peeks of his interview with hoaxer Ronaiah Tuiasosopo. Suffice to say, while Te'o is "faaaaar" from gay, Tuiasosopo definitely had some complicated feelings for Te'o.

In his first televised interview since the fake dead girlfriend story broke the internet's mind, Te'o admits to Katie Couric that he "briefly" lied about the situation. "Briefly," as in, for several weeks.

"The prank was to give folks an excuse to go to Zuccotti," but also "to illustrate the buffoonery of self-important spokespeople and committees."