On Tueday 9 August, a newswire story by the Press Association announced that "Brain chemical lack 'spurs rioting'", with 'spurs rioting' printed mischievously in quote marks, falsely implying these were our words.
While less prevalent on top media sites than the top three providers above, PRWeb suffered a horrific PR setback when it unwittingly posted a press release hoax in November 2012 that falsely announced Google was acquiring WiFi provider ICOA for $400 million.
BBC West Africa correspondent Thomas Fessy says the death of Mokhtar Belmokhtar has been falsely announced several times before.
This includes the constant abuses Francia heaps upon Patiño and their attempts to discover the authors of a pasquinade, found nailed to the door of the Asunción Cathedral, that falsely announces Francia's death and burial arrangements.
Divorce was not an option, so he banished her from his household and literally wrote her out of his life, falsely announcing in his magazine, Household Words, that she was a neglectful mother whose children couldn't bear her.
Internet hackers appear to have an unhealthy fascination with using the Twitter accounts of official news outlets to falsely announce the deaths of prominant politicians.
Six months later, Chambers announced that Exodus would no longer support "reparative therapy," which is junk science that falsely blames sexual abuse or bad parenting for causing one to be gay.
On Sunday, prosecutors announced that they had filed charges against Sebastian Senakiewicz, 24, of Chicago, accusing him of falsely making a terrorist threat by claiming that he had homemade explosives — hidden in a hollowed-out "Harry Potter" book at his house — that could blow up a highway overpass.
Tristan offered to participate in a mock interview, but when he got on stage, he announced that he did not want to work at McDonald's, saying that the company had falsely denied using beef flavoring in its French fries -- an affront to vegetarians like himself and to Hindus.
