Fabricated content is a story often created as a lie from the ground up and is used to make the audience believe that it is real to fulfil some exterior motive. Creators of fabricated content usually try to publish false information through a previously reputable source or gain authority by exaggerating or completely fabricating false credentials. Fabricated content thrives best in sources that try to pass themselves off as neutral news sources, but produce partisan content. Misinformation is typically the easiest type of misinformation to spot because it is not usually supported by any real evidence (WPSU - Penn State Public Media).

In the article "3 Reasons You Should Stop Eating Peanut Butter Cups!", the author tries to convince the audience that eating peanut butter cups is simply not safe. The author uses a well polished website with a legitimate sounding name to bolster their credibility. The story describes many hidden toxins which lurk in peanut butter cups and then uses that mistrust in Reese's peanut butter cups to try and get the reader to use the website's recipe for "Organic peanut Butter Cups" (Wolfe, 2017).

Although fabricated content can be one of the most damaging forms of misinformation, it can usually be easily spotted. Fabricated content is often presented as neatly as possible because creators of false news know that the developmental state of the website or paper news source does a lot to build credibility with the reader, this is often a poor way of telling real news stories from fabricated content. Evidence may also be presented within the article, but often times referenced studies will have little to no information about them except results in fabricated media. This is why lateral reading, or the consultation or reference to other news forms is the best way to tell if a news story is fabricated content. If the author is virtually unknown in their field of study or has a history of producing fabricated content, it should create suspicion of the news they are spreading now. If other reputable news sources disagree with and article, this is another sign that fabricated content may have been employed (WPSU - Penn State Public Media).