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Was Times of London Hoaxed by French Satire story on Qatar Dream Football League?
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Was Times of London Hoaxed by French Satire story on Qatar Dream Football League?
By: Sydney Smith
March 14, 2013 06:05 PM EST
The Times of London denied that it was hoaxed by a French satire article, but the evidence against the paper looks pretty solid. The Times' Oliver Kay...
Boston Newspaper Owner's Daughter-in-Law running for state senate? Does an Ombudsman fix conflict of interest?
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Boston Newspaper Owner's Daughter-in-Law running for state senate? Does an Ombudsman fix conflict of interest?
By: Sydney Smith
March 14, 2013 06:00 AM EST
NY Daily News vs. NY Post Fact Wars? Was teacher impregnated by 17- or 18-year-old student?
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NY Daily News vs. NY Post Fact Wars? Was teacher impregnated by 17- or 18-year-old student?
By: Sydney Smith, Rhonda Roland Shearer
March 13, 2013 05:00 PM EST
NYPost Photoshops Front Page Photo of 'Cannibal Cop' Gilberto Valle, Discloses in Tiny Print
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NYPost Photoshops Front Page Photo of 'Cannibal Cop' Gilberto Valle, Discloses in Tiny Print
By: Sydney Smith
March 13, 2013 12:55 PM EST
Is the New York Post's front-page photo a fake? Yes, at least in part. However, unless you took a magnifying glass to today's newspaper, you'd miss that the doctored photo is labeled a "Post Photo...
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...
Paul Krugman Bankruptcy Tale Lost in Translation? Daily Currant's Satire Story Duped Breitbart.com
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Paul Krugman Bankruptcy Tale Lost in Translation? Daily Currant's Satire Story Duped Breitbart.com
By: 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Breitbart.com unpublished a story after being hoaxed by a satire site's story that had claimed New York Times columnist Paul Krugman was bankrupt, according to Slate.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...
UK Police Arrest Tweeter After Naming Alleged Child Sex Assault Victim
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UK Police Arrest Tweeter After Naming Alleged Child Sex Assault Victim
By: Sydney Smith
March 12, 2013 06:00 AM EST
UK police arrested someone for identifying an alleged sexual offense victim in a tweet, the Guardian reported. In this case, the tweeter reportedly named the girl who was allegedly a victim of an assault by actor...
Florida A & M Student Named In Hazing Death Sues Student Paper, TV News For Libel
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Florida A & M Student Named In Hazing Death Sues Student Paper, TV News For Libel
By: 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...
Vanity Fair no longer 'surprised' Jessica Chastain 'hailed' for Zero Dark Thirty acting, unpublishes critique
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Vanity Fair no longer 'surprised' Jessica Chastain 'hailed' for Zero Dark Thirty acting, unpublishes critique
By: Sydney Smith
March 10, 2013 06:00 AM EST
Vanity Fair unpublished a blogpost critical of actress Jessica Chastain because "it ran counter to what a number of people at the magazine believed," Vanity Fair spokesperson Beth Kseniak told Deadline.com. ...
3 Reasons Not to Trust the UK Daily Mail's Reporting on Severed Head Photo
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3 Reasons Not to Trust the UK Daily Mail's Reporting on Severed Head Photo
By: Sydney Smith
March 10, 2013 05:00 AM EST
Irish Daily Mail Opinion Column Led to 'Landmark' Libel Case
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Irish Daily Mail Opinion Column Led to 'Landmark' Libel Case
By: Sydney Smith
March 09, 2013 06:00 AM EST
In what is being called a "landmark case," the Irish Daily Mail must pay Denis O'Brien, who controls Irish media group Independent News and Media, €150,000 in damages for libeling him in a 2010 article....
Did you post fake photos of convicted murderers? UK Atty General May Press Charges Worldwide
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Did you post fake photos of convicted murderers? UK Atty General May Press Charges Worldwide
By: Sydney Smith
March 08, 2013 06:00 AM EST
UK Attorney General Dominic Grieve said anyone posting photos of Jon Venables and Robert Thompson could be charged with contempt for violating an injunction -- even if the photos aren't actually of the men. And Russell...
PCC rules on Local Newspaper Secret Recording: 'Initial decision to engage in subterfuge' NOT justified
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PCC rules on Local Newspaper Secret Recording: 'Initial decision to engage in subterfuge' NOT justified
By: Sydney Smith
March 07, 2013 06:00 AM EST
The UK Press Complaints Commission ruled that the Kent and Sussex Courier, a local newspaper in Tunbridge Wells, UK, shouldn't have sent an undercover reporter into a doctor's office. The Courier's August...
Did Daily Mail, NY Post, Huff Post Steal NY Daily News Severed Head Photo?!
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Did Daily Mail, NY Post, Huff Post Steal NY Daily News Severed Head Photo?!
By: Sydney Smith
March 06, 2013 10:30 AM EST
The New York Daily News scored a coup with its "exclusive" photo of Bashid Mclean holding the severed head of his mother, Tanya Byrd. Mclean has been charged by New York City police with "second-degree murder...
Fox News 50-Word Rip-Off was 'Reporting Error,' Unpublishes Whole Story for Plagiarism
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Fox News 50-Word Rip-Off was 'Reporting Error,' Unpublishes Whole Story for Plagiarism
By: Sydney Smith
March 06, 2013 06:00 AM EST
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...
Super Hero Firefighter? NBC News Caption Said 'Fireman Holds Up a Fire Truck' in Sinkhole
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Super Hero Firefighter? NBC News Caption Said 'Fireman Holds Up a Fire Truck' in Sinkhole
By: Sydney Smith, Rhonda Roland Shearer
March 05, 2013 06:00 AM EST
Did a firefighter act like a super hero and lift a fire truck with one hand? Apparently, a caption writer for NBC News thinks...
Should Bolivian Journalists Use A Dead 14-Year-Old's Facebook Photo?
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Should Bolivian Journalists Use A Dead 14-Year-Old's Facebook Photo?
By: Sydney Smith
March 05, 2013 05:00 AM EST
Is it OK for the news media to use a 14-year-old's photo from Facebook in reports about the minor's death? That question is circulating in Bolivian media after a 14-year-old was killed by fireworks at a football...
More Deception? Another Jonah Lehrer Book Pulped By Publisher
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More Deception? Another Jonah Lehrer Book Pulped By Publisher
By: Sydney Smith
March 04, 2013 02:25 PM EST
Book publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt said it will yank Jonah Lehrer's 2010 book How We Decide from the shelves, Michael Moynihan reported for the Daily Beast. Moynihan exposed Lehrer's fabrication in his...
Was BusinessWeek Cover Racist? Editor-in-Chief Says 'We'd do it differently ' if given second chance
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Was BusinessWeek Cover Racist? Editor-in-Chief Says 'We'd do it differently ' if given second chance
By: Sydney Smith
March 04, 2013 11:15 AM EST
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