Video news releases (VNRs, often referred to as fake TV news) are video clips that are indistinguishable from traditional news clips and are sometimes screened unedited by television stations without the identification of the original producers or sponsors, who are commonly corporations, government agencies, or non-governmental organizations.

 

50 False News Stories By Bush Propaganda Machine
Colonel Sam Gardiner (USAF, Ret.) has identified 50 false news stories created and leaked by a secretive White House propaganda apparatus.

CBS IS BRAZENLY SELLING FALSE NEWS STORIES TO LOCAL NETWORKS: THESE STORIES ARE SHOT ON CAMERA, WRITTEN ACCORDING TO A SCRIPT, BUT PASSED OFF ON T.V. NEWS AS REAL STORIES!With Gulf War II evidently close, we all need to understand that the Mass Media has long been lying to us; however, as war breaks out, we need to realize that much of what we are told may not be true! This story is the reason alternative news sources are so critically needed.

Duke Rape Case: What Really Happened? - Newsweek National News ...
A lacrosse-team party spawns charges of rape. What really happened that night?

News media's credibility crumbling
Journalists seen as slightly more believable than used-car salesmen…

Reuters drops Lebanese photographer over doctored image
LONDON (Reuters) - Reuters, the global news and information agency, told a freelance Lebanese photographer on Sunday it would not use any more of his pictures after he doctored an image of the aftermath of an Israeli air strike on Beirut.

 

Rathergate.com » CBS Does It Again: Network Uses Phony Documents to Promote Draft Conspiracy

In a story that was a textbook example of shoddy and biased reporting, CBS reporter Richard Schlesinger used:

1.     Debunked internet hoax emails

2.     Michael Moore-esque editing

3.     An unlabeled interest group member

to scare elderly “Evening” viewers into believing that the U.S. government is poised to resume the draft.