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Did Egyptian Newspaper Publish Fake Interview with Hosni Mubarak? Lawyer Says 'Whole Interview is a Lie'

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Did Egyptian Newspaper Publish Fake Interview with Hosni Mubarak? Lawyer Says 'Whole Interview is a Lie'

By: Sydney Smith

May 13, 2013 11:40 AM EST

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's lawyer accused newspaper al-Watan of publishing a fake interview with Mubarak. Al-Watan reporter Mohammad Al Shaikh claims he talked to Mubarak recently, and that Mubarak...

MSNBC Cuts & Pastes Biden's words about Benghazi, and makes them about Gun control, Says sorry afterwards

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MSNBC Cuts & Pastes Biden's words about Benghazi, and makes them about Gun control, Says sorry afterwards

By: Sydney Smith

May 07, 2013 06:00 AM EST

A "producer error" led MSNBC to quote Vice President Joe Biden out of context from one event (about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya) and apply it to another segment with a completely different meaning,...

UConn Coach Geno Auriemma Needs 'Big Lesson in Humility,' Sports Blogger Retracts Criticism

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UConn Coach Geno Auriemma Needs 'Big Lesson in Humility,' Sports Blogger Retracts Criticism

By: Sydney Smith

April 22, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Chattanoogan.com blogger and veteran sports broadcaster Randy Smith retracted his April 10 blogpost, apologized for quoting Geno Auriemma, head coach of University of Connecticut women's basketball team The Huskies, out...

Mercury News Hoaxed by Joke Obama Air Force One Tweet, Says Story 'Clearly Did Not Meet Our Normal Standards'

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Mercury News Hoaxed by Joke Obama Air Force One Tweet, Says Story 'Clearly Did Not Meet Our Normal Standards'

By: Sydney Smith

March 29, 2013 06:00 AM EST

San Jose, California daily newspaper The Mercury News fessed up this week to being hoaxed by a joke tweet claiming that President Barack Obama was going to lend a soccer player Air Force One. The errors began when...

Reporter 'Created Names, Years and Majors' for Fake Sources, Univ. of Alabama Student Newspaper Unpublishes 12 Stories

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Reporter 'Created Names, Years and Majors' for Fake Sources, Univ. of Alabama Student Newspaper Unpublishes 12 Stories

By: Sydney Smith

March 22, 2013 05:00 AM EST

Neanderthal Clone Baby Story Disappears on UK Metro, Unpublishing suspected

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Neanderthal Clone Baby Story Disappears on UK Metro, Unpublishing suspected

By: Sydney Smith

March 20, 2013 06:00 AM EST

The UK Metro has unpublished a Jan. 21 article containing a fake quote about the possibility of a Neanderthal clone...

Fake Neanderthal Clone Baby Story Still Out There? When will Media Admit Error

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Fake Neanderthal Clone Baby Story Still Out There? When will Media Admit Error

By: Sydney Smith

March 13, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Fox News has owned up and disclosed to readers that it included bad information in a Jan. 21 post about Harvard University geneticist George Church, but a few media outlets still have fake quotes published on their...

Was Daily Mail Hoaxed by Fake Bashid Mclean Twitter Account?

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Was Daily Mail Hoaxed by Fake Bashid Mclean Twitter Account?

By: Sydney Smith

March 05, 2013 12:45 PM EST

Was the UK Daily Mail hoaxed by a fake Twitter account purporting to be Bashid Mclean, the New York man who is accused of murdering and dismembering his mother, Tanya Byrd? In a story about a photo Mclean reportedly...

Fake Interview with Argentine Foreign Minister Published by Falkland Islands' Only Newspaper

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Fake Interview with Argentine Foreign Minister Published by Falkland Islands' Only Newspaper

By: Sydney Smith

February 24, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Falkland Islands newspaper the Penguin News made up an interview with Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman, the Knight Center for Journalism in Americas reported. The made-up interview was published in the...

Sorry For $20K Payment to Jonah Lehrer says Knight Foundation

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Sorry For $20K Payment to Jonah Lehrer says Knight Foundation

By: Sydney Smith

February 15, 2013 07:00 AM EST

The Knight Foundation paid $20,000 for Jonah Lehrer to speak about his plagiarism and fabrication scandal earlier this week. As iMediaEthics has written, last summer Lehrer resigned from the New Yorker and was fired from...

'It's just amazing' CNN thought I faked being mayor' says Big Bear Lake Mayor about Chris Dorner coverage

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'It's just amazing' CNN thought I faked being mayor' says Big Bear Lake Mayor about Chris Dorner coverage

By: Sydney Smith

February 13, 2013 09:30 PM EST

Mayor Jay Obernolte was interviewed by CNN's Wolf Blitzer last night about the search for former Los Angeles police office Chris Dorner. But, after that interview, CNN's live blog said that the network...

Wait! CNN Not Hoaxed? Chris Dorner Coverage Gone Wrong AGAIN?

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Wait! CNN Not Hoaxed? Chris Dorner Coverage Gone Wrong AGAIN?

By: Sydney Smith

February 13, 2013 02:00 PM EST

Yesterday, CNN deleted information from its live blog on the search for former police officer Chris Dorner and said that it found out the interview had been with someone posing as the mayor of Big Bear Lake, Jay Obernolte,...

CNN hoaxed by FAKE mayor, Chris Dorner Coverage Gone Wrong

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CNN hoaxed by FAKE mayor, Chris Dorner Coverage Gone Wrong

By: Sydney Smith

February 12, 2013 09:25 PM EST

CNN was hoaxed by someone posing as Big Bear Lake Mayor Jay Obernolte, according to a note on its live blog coverage of the police manhunt for Christopher Dorner in the San Bernardino Mountains. Dorner is the former...

Washington Post Misquoted Satire Story, Not Just Duped, Says Daily Currant

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Washington Post Misquoted Satire Story, Not Just Duped, Says Daily Currant

By: Sydney Smith

February 12, 2013 06:00 PM EST

iMediaEthics wrote earlier today about the Washington Post's correction after being duped by a satire story claiming Sarah Palin would be working for Al Jazeera. As we explained, the Post's story...

Sarah Palin Joins Al Jazeera? WashPost Duped by Satire Article

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Sarah Palin Joins Al Jazeera? WashPost Duped by Satire Article

By: Sydney Smith

February 12, 2013 11:35 AM EST

Shortly after Mediaite called the Washington Post out for being duped by a satire site, the Post scrubbed references to phony quotes and information claiming Sarah Palin was going to work for Al Jazeera...

Woman NOT Wanted to Make Neanderthal Clone Baby, Misquoted Harvard Prof George Church

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Woman NOT Wanted to Make Neanderthal Clone Baby, Misquoted Harvard Prof George Church

By: Sydney Smith

January 27, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Harvard University genetics professor George M. Church says media reports have fabricated quotes attributed to him. The sensational quotes and reports claimed that Church was looking for a woman to serve as a...

'More women than James Bond'? Fake Roger Moore Interview Hoax, UK Newspaper pays damages

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'More women than James Bond'? Fake Roger Moore Interview Hoax, UK Newspaper pays damages

By: Sydney Smith

January 23, 2013 10:30 AM EST

Newspaper The Sunday People apologized and announced it's paying Roger Moore "damages and legal costs" after its touted September interview with Moore turned out to be a hoax, the Press Gazette...

Australia's Media Spy Hoaxed by Phony Interview with Actor Accused of Child Sex Abuse

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Australia's Media Spy Hoaxed by Phony Interview with Actor Accused of Child Sex Abuse

By: Sydney Smith

January 13, 2013 06:55 PM EST

Greta Van Susteren: 'Shame on the Daily Beast' for Misquote

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Greta Van Susteren: 'Shame on the Daily Beast' for Misquote

By: Sydney Smith

January 08, 2013 06:00 AM EST

The Daily Beast's Howard Kurtz apologized to Fox News' Greta Van Susteren after misquoting her as joking that Hillary Clinton's recent hospitalization was an "immaculate...

Playwright Jon Robin Baitz: New York Times' 'egregiously misquoted me' in remarks about David Mamet

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Playwright Jon Robin Baitz: New York Times' 'egregiously misquoted me' in remarks about David Mamet

By: Sydney Smith

January 03, 2013 08:45 PM EST

Playwright Jon Robin Baitz complained after the New York Times "egregiously misquoted" him in a front page story last month on fellow playwright David Mamet. The misquote, which...

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