Media Fakery 

The means by which people can be deceived by false information.

At its most basic this could be as simple as an individual lying about their age on a facebook page. More commonly the term is connected with Mass media & the deceptions they engage in. For instance in 2014 the media promoted a 'shocking' video of a Syrian boy braving sniper fire to rescue a little girl from ISIS sniper fire. It was then later revealed that the whole video was a staged sequence shot in Malta by Norwegian director Lars Klevberg.

'Eyewitness' testimony can also be faked; for instance in 2013 the Kenyan star quoted an 'anonymous Doctor' who stated that he saw terrorists performing bizarre tortures upon the hostages of the Westgate shopping Mall attack. Nowadays the claim that there even were hostages has been dropped.

Media fakery has been going on for a long time perhaps most amusingly with the 'Cottingley Fairies'. A series of (obviously) fraudulent photographs that were pushed by the media (& various celebrities of the day) in 1917. The photos created a controversy that lasted until the mid 1970's!
Media skeptics regularly point out the use of green-screening, CGI, actors, fake 'experts' etc as well as the absurdity of some of the claims made by the media (ISIS using bombs filled with live scorpions for example).

Hmm she seems strangely happy considering her child was just brutally murdered... could this event be an example of media fakery?

Media Fakery by Psyop clues April 22, 2015

social media faker 

A person who posts things on social media, looking like she/he has the most awesome life ever, looking like she/he is very popular and/or looking like they're really hot. But in real life they are nothing more than a plain person, or even just a loser.
The social media faker can go pretty far with trying to look awesomer than they are in real life. things such as making fake accounts and using it following themselves, commenting and liking het posts, use certain like/follow apps that get them more likes and followers.
But also just changing their outer appearance by editing their pictures -too much- or talking like they're highclass

Did you see Nora's new post?

Yeah she's such a Social Media Faker.

social media faker by Tigercute January 11, 2016