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Toronto Star's Front-Page Apology 1st in 18 Years, Story was 'Entirely Wrong,' Public Editor Says
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Sydney Smith
May 16, 2013
06:00 AM EST
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CNN Covers Up Error in Cleveland Kidnappings Case: Amanda Berry NOT Ariel Castro's Daughter's Best Friend
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Sydney Smith
May 15, 2013
10:00 AM EST
CNN's Michael Martinez made an error in his May 12 story on the Cleveland kidnappings case and suspect Ariel Castro. But, at some point since the story's publication, CNN or Martinez spotted the error and...
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2 Media Fouls in Jason Collins Coverage, Howard Kurtz & Daily Beast 'Parted Company'
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Sydney Smith
May 02, 2013
03:30 PM EST
Washington Wizards pro basketball player Jason Collins announced in a very high-profile May 6 Sports Illustrated cover story this week that he is gay. And within a few days of Collins' story being published online,...
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IVA Worldwide fund invests 145%? New York Times Math Error Prompts Correction
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Sydney Smith
May 02, 2013
05:30 AM EST
The New York Times corrected an April 7 article that wrongly -- and impossibly -- claimed that 145% of investment management firm International Value Advisers (IVA) Worldwide's "total portfolio is in European...
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Washington Times, Gizmodo, Venture Beat Quickly Admit being Fooled by April Fools' Prank Drone Story
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April 09, 2013
05:00 AM EST
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Mercury News Hoaxed by Joke Obama Air Force One Tweet, Says Story 'Clearly Did Not Meet Our Normal Standards'
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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...
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The Telegraph Mix-up: Wrongly Says Actor John Goodman in 80s TV sitcom, Cheers?
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Sydney Smith
March 26, 2013
06:00 AM EST
The UK Telegraph wrongly reported that actor John Goodman was in the 1980s TV show Cheers. The Telegraph's story said that Goodman "made his name in...
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Pig Saving Goat Hoax Video: Why Haven't News Outlets Posted Corrections?
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Sydney Smith
March 23, 2013
06:00 AM EST
A slew of media outlets -- from NBC's Nightly News to ABC's Good Morning America -- were hoaxed by a fake video apparently showing a pig swimming to help a goat. The New York Times, which exposed the video...
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Neanderthal Clone Baby Story Disappears on UK Metro, Unpublishing suspected
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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...
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Wait, Wash Post Now Says 'Plus-Size' Swedish Mannequins NOT Hoax, Corrects Error
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Sydney Smith
March 19, 2013
05:00 AM EST
The Washington Post's Delia Lloyd thought full-figured Swedish mannequins were a hoax. But the mannequins are real, and the Washington Post tacked on a correction to her March 16 blogpost. Lloyd had blogged about...
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NY Daily News vs. NY Post Fact Wars? Was teacher impregnated by 17- or 18-year-old student?
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Rhonda Roland Shearer
March 13, 2013
05:00 PM EST
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Fake Neanderthal Clone Baby Story Still Out There? When will Media Admit Error
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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...
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Paul Krugman Bankruptcy Tale Lost in Translation? Daily Currant's Satire Story Duped Breitbart.com
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Sydney Smith
March 12, 2013
01:00 PM EST
Breitbart.com unpublished a story after being hoaxed by a satire site's story that had claimed New York Times columnist Paul Krugman was bankrupt, according to Slate. Media Matters posted a screenshot of the...
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Florida A & M Student Named In Hazing Death Sues Student Paper, TV News For Libel
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Sydney Smith
March 11, 2013
06:00 AM EST
A student at Florida A & M University has sued two Florida media outlets -- Florida A & M University's The Famuan and ABC-affiliate WFTV -- for wrongly reporting that he was disciplined because of fellow student...
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3 Reasons Not to Trust the UK Daily Mail's Reporting on Severed Head Photo
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Sydney Smith
March 10, 2013
05:00 AM EST
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Was Daily Mail Hoaxed by Fake Bashid Mclean Twitter Account?
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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...
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The Last Boston Globe Ombudsman was not fired, Got that?
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Sydney Smith
February 20, 2013
06:00 AM EST
iMediaEthics wrote earlier this month about Washingtonian's reporting that the end of the Washington Post's ombudsman's office might be near. At the bottom of the Washingtonian's story was a note...
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'It's just amazing' CNN thought I faked being mayor' says Big Bear Lake Mayor about Chris Dorner coverage
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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...
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Wait! CNN Not Hoaxed? Chris Dorner Coverage Gone Wrong AGAIN?
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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,...
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Sarah Palin Joins Al Jazeera? WashPost Duped by Satire Article
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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...
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