Marc Weinstein used a fake press pass to get next to the stage for the historic New York show.

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New York stockbroker Lambros Ballas is accused of spinning yarns the good old fashion way: by issuing a fake press release.

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Shares in Australian miner Whitehaven Coal fell almost 9% after a fake press release claimed one of the firm's lenders had withdrawn funding.

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On Wednesday the AP printed a story based on a fake press release sent from a site designed to mirror the look and feel of a real corporate newsroom, even down to the logo.

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Its web site is designed with the kind of coolly modernist sans-serif look that urban-planning nerds tend to like, and it includes all the trappings of an actual non-fake project: Mission statements, FAQs, press releases, 3D maps.

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The cozy gaming press is complicit, giving the industry a pass time and again on mediocre titles and fake maturity.

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