Clarifications

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Oct 23, 2012 11:25 AM EST

UK, Canadian News Outlets Hoaxed by Fake Celeb Sperm Service, Interview with Actor Posing as CEO

ITV's This Morning show aired the interview with actor Dan Richards, not ITV News. This Morning describes itself on Facebook as airing "the latest news, vids and gossip."

Mar 19, 2012 12:15 PM EST

Public Radio's This American Life Retracts Story with Fabrications

NPR issued a retraction for using part of the This American Life program on Daisey. http://www.npr.org/2012/03/19/148920862/retraction-this-american-life-audio To clarify, This American Life is aired by "WBEZ Chicago PublicRadio, and distributed by Public Radio International," but NPR airs a podcast of This American Life. http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=6349076

Jun 12, 2011 05:20 PM EST

Denver Post's Woody Paige Admits 'Lifting Quotes'

Clarified headline to reflect that the Denver Post's Woody Paige admitted to "lifting quotes." Thanks to Isaac Cubillos for pointing it out.

Mar 08, 2011 12:20 AM EST

Fact Checking the Fact Checkers

Clarified this sentence: Media Trackers, a Wisconsin media watchdog group, criticized the state fact checking organization PolitiFact Wisconsin for being "in nitpick mode" in its fact checking of a statement made by Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, according to PolitiFact Bias.