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Faking News, originally started as a form of blog,〔(Affle appoints Rahul Roushan as head, content services ) ''afaqs.com''. Retrieved 17 February 2013〕 is an Indian news satire website that publishes fake news reports containing satire on politics and society of India.〔(What a fake! ) ''thehindu.com. Retrieved 25 March 2013〕〔(Piquant Punch ) ''outlookindia.com''. Retrieved 17 February 2013〕 It is a critique of mainstream news media in India.〔(Faking News: Making stuff up has never been so fun ) ''cnn.com''. Retrieved 19 May 2013〕 The website also publishes occasional serious articles related to television journalism in India. The website was launched on September 15, 2008.〔(About Us | Faking News- About us ) ''fakingnews.com''. Retrieved 17 February 2013〕 It was founded by Rahul Roushan, a Delhi based management consultant, known by the pseudonym ''Pagal Patrakar'', a Hindi term that literally translates to ‘crazy journalist’ in English.〔〔(Exclusive Interview with Pagal Patrakar of Faking News ) ''blog.blogadda.com''. Retrieved 17 February 2013〕 Faking News is one of the few websites or blogs in India using the tools of sarcasm and humour to publish news satire, as is widely done in the western countries, a trend pioneered by The Onion of USA. On 31 May 2013, it was announced that Faking News had been acquired by Network 18-led First Post. ==News taken seriously== Two of the fake news reports by Faking News, "Unable to attract even a single girl, frustrated man sues Axe"〔〔(ABC Media Watch: Loveless Fake Attracts the Media ) ''abc.net.au''. Retrieved 19 May 2013〕 and "Men talking loud on mobile during movies have smaller penises", were mistaken as being genuine and factual news reports by an Indian website Indiainfo.com on October 21, 2009 and were republished on their website.〔(Man sues Axe, as unable to get girl - Indiainfo.com (now removed) )〕〔(Loud men have smaller penises - Indiainfo.com (now removed) )〕 Subsequently, the Axe story was republished by many other websites and blogs in countries other than India, mistaking it to be a true story,〔(Demanda a Axe porque no conquistó chicas - Mexican website )〕〔(Fick inga brudar – stämmer Axe - Swedish website )〕〔(Man sues Lynx after failing to pull in seven years - The Daily Record )〕〔(Man sues over lack of 'Lynx effect' - Ananova (now removed) )〕〔(After seven unlucky years, man sues for Axe 'failure' - The Australian (now removed) )〕〔(Man sues Lynx after failing to get girl - ninemsn (now removed) )〕 latest being by ''The Times of India'' on May 27, 2011 〔(Deo ads face the Axe effect (last paragraph) - The Times of India )〕 and on September 25, 2011〔(The bottomline: How far can naughty go? (fourth paragraph) - The Times of India )〕 making it an urban legend.〔('Axe Effect' Lawsuit in India a Hoax - Asylum.com )〕 Another Faking News report titled "Unable to figure out Google Wave, youngster kills himself"〔 was mistaken as being true by an Indian website Oneindia.in on November 10, 2009.〔(Vadodara youth kills himself over Google Wave - OneIndia.com (now removed) )〕 Another instance of a Faking News article being taken seriously took place on Dec 22, 2013, when a satire article "IRCTC website running slow due to fog: committee report" was published as real news report by news magazine India Today.〔(Fog hits IRCTC website, claims committee report - India Today )〕 In another instance on May 28, 2014, legal team of BJP leader Nitin Gadkari quoted a Faking News article in their defence, mistaking it as a true news report, while arguing a defamation case.〔(When Gadkari’s legal team thought a Faking News story was real )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Faking News」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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