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Clues that Abbasi lied about New York Post subway photo?

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Clues that Abbasi lied about New York Post subway photo?

By: London Shearer Allen

December 04, 2012 06:20 PM EST

News media has been awash with debate over the front-page photograph by Umar Abbasi in today's New York Post. There are a number of clues in his pictures that the story Abbasi has told about the photograph is...

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Special Investigation : Monster Pig

HOG WASHED!

By: Rhonda Roland Shearer

May 29, 2007 12:00 AM EST

SPECIAL REPORT Part I : NBC TODAY SHOW DUPED! Joins the club with AP, Fox News, ABC, CBS, CNN and the rest of the world media fooled by monster pig photos. Hoax busted by a...

Pakistani Conference calls for 'Gender Sensitive Code of Ethics'

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Pakistani Conference calls for 'Gender Sensitive Code of Ethics'

By: Sydney Smith

January 10, 2012 05:00 AM EST

A Pakistani gender issues conference called Gender Sensitive Reporting called for "a gender sensitive code of ethics for media reporting," according to Pakistani news sites The News and DAWN. The conference was...

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Special Investigation : Pitbull Rapist

Pit Bull "Molested And Attacked" Toddler?

By: Adam Klasfeld

July 13, 2007 12:00 AM EST

Buffalo area media outlets reported the “bizarre and disturbing” story of two-year old pitbull named "Bear" raping a two-year-old child. StinkyJournalism.org finds two misquoted experts crying foul;...

BIG PIG SMACK DOWN: BIG NORM'S OWNER WEIGHS IN.

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BIG PIG SMACK DOWN: BIG NORM'S OWNER WEIGHS IN.

By: Rhonda Roland Shearer

June 01, 2007 12:00 AM EST

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW : With KERRY DART, NEW YORK FARMER AND OWNER OF WORLD'S LARGEST HOG Stinky Journalism set off a whirlwind of debunking with its investigation of suspicious photographs and lazy reporting regarding the...

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Special Investigation : Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond's Factual Collapse:

By: Rhonda Roland Shearer with Michael Kigl, Kritoe Keleba, Jeffrey Elapa

April 21, 2009 12:00 AM EST

Henep Isum Mandingo, pictured far right, is angry with Jared Diamond, renowned UCLA scientist, Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author--for telling "lies" about him. Isum was named and falsely charged by...

Science Journalism Conference Asks: 'Should science journalists focus on explaining science or on exposing misconduct?'

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Science Journalism Conference Asks: 'Should science journalists focus on explaining science or on exposing misconduct?'

By: Sydney Smith

July 21, 2012 04:00 PM EST

Science journalism ethics were discussed at the late June UK Conference of Science Journalists, the Guardian reported. Some issues discussed at the annual conference included: "should science journalists...

Fake Photo Photoshops Sharks in Flooded Canadian Subway Stop

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Fake Photo Photoshops Sharks in Flooded Canadian Subway Stop

By: Sydney Smith

June 16, 2012 05:00 PM EST

Fake photos of shark swimming in floodwaters at the bottom of escalators are circulating on social media, Discovery News reported. The photo was originally Photoshopped of a Toronto flood...

Who Gave Bashid Mclean's Mom's Severed Head Pic to NYPost, NYDaily News? NYPD Says Not Them

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Who Gave Bashid Mclean's Mom's Severed Head Pic to NYPost, NYDaily News? NYPD Says Not Them

By: Rhonda Roland Shearer, Sydney Smith

March 03, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Two New York newspapers published a "stomach-turning photo" of Bashid McLean, a New York man who is accused of dismembering his mother. In the photograph, McLean is mugging for the camera and holding the head of...

NBC News Corrects Headline Saying Neil Young not Neil Armstrong Died

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NBC News Corrects Headline Saying Neil Young not Neil Armstrong Died

By: Sydney Smith

August 26, 2012 12:45 PM EST

Yesterday, astronaut Neil Armstrong died. NBC News wrongly reported that singer Neil Young died, according to Mediaite, which said NBC News "quickly corrected." The article in question now carries an...

Freud Museum's Media Ethics & Emotional Wellbeing Conference in November

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Freud Museum's Media Ethics & Emotional Wellbeing Conference in November

By: Sydney Smith

October 19, 2012 04:00 AM EST

The Freud Museum in London is hosting a conference on "Media Ethics and Emotional Wellbeing" Nov. 10. The "one day symposium" runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. According to the Freud Museum...

New iMediaEthics Poll: Stricter Gun Laws Wanted Post Sandy Hook?

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New iMediaEthics Poll: Stricter Gun Laws Wanted Post Sandy Hook?

By: David W. Moore

January 14, 2013 10:00 AM EST

McClatchy corrects 8 stories about Assange in 4 newspapers, Editors not informed

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Special Investigation : Julian Assange & 'Charges'

McClatchy corrects 8 stories about Assange in 4 newspapers, Editors not informed

By: Rhonda Roland Shearer, Sydney Smith

June 27, 2012 02:25 PM EST

Julian Assange is merely accused of sexual assault -- not criminally charged, as McClatchy reported in several American newspapers. So when he called that fact to the attention of the news corporation, why was it so hard to...

Why is the NY Daily News Publishing Nose Picking Celebrity Photos?

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Why is the NY Daily News Publishing Nose Picking Celebrity Photos?

By: Sydney Smith, Rhonda Roland Shearer

April 07, 2011 08:59 AM EST

Images of people with their eyes closed used to be thrown away...yet a photo gallery on the New York Daily News web site publishes a photo of Robert DeNiro with his eyes shut? (Credit: Gregory Pace/BEImages) COMMENTARY The...

Getty Images Corrects Erin Simpson Photo Labeled Jessica Simpson, Pic Used by DNA India in Jessica Simpson Pregnancy Report

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Getty Images Corrects Erin Simpson Photo Labeled Jessica Simpson, Pic Used by DNA India in Jessica Simpson Pregnancy Report

By: Sydney Smith

November 28, 2012 05:15 PM EST

Kate Middleton, UK Queen Radio Prank gone wrong, then very wrong, Nurse's suicide?

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Kate Middleton, UK Queen Radio Prank gone wrong, then very wrong, Nurse's suicide?

By: Sydney Smith

December 08, 2012 07:15 PM EST

Fall out from a now high-profile prank phone call from an Australian shock jock radio program has led to two suspensions and an apparent suicide. Australian radio hosts Mel Greig and Michael Christian from 2Day FM...

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Special Investigation : Monster Pig

INTERPORK :

By: Carina Christiansen

July 26, 2007 12:00 AM EST

Wash Post reveals Scientology's doctored image after ex-follower's Dec 1999 discovery

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Wash Post reveals Scientology's doctored image after ex-follower's Dec 1999 discovery

By: Rhonda Roland Shearer

June 08, 2009 12:00 AM EST

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Special Investigation : Monster Pig

EXCLUSIVE: FOLLOW THE BACON :

By: Rhonda Roland Shearer

January 29, 2008 12:00 AM EST

Mike Stone, Boy’s father, said “I regret that it (hog) didn’t die the first shot.” When Jamison Stone shot and killed a massive swine in Alabama last year, the headlines blared:...

Balkan Media Falls for Hoax Angelina Jolie Twitter Account

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Balkan Media Falls for Hoax Angelina Jolie Twitter Account

By: Ivo Scepanovic

August 22, 2012 04:20 PM EST

SPLIT, Croatia -- Balkan media outlets and an Olympic coach were hoaxed by a fake Twitter account purporting to be actress Angelina Jolie in which she criticized Croatian handball coach Slavko Goluza. The comments...

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