by David W. Moore on Oct 17, 2017
Do nearly half of Republicans want war with North Korea?
A new Quinnipiac poll suggests that nearly half of all American adults who identify as Republicans support a preemptive strike...
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 01, 2017
Corrections: Kim Jong Un not South Korea Leader, AP didn’t overhear Lindsey Graham on phone call with Senator
And it's time for our latest installment of entertaining or newsworthy corrections, beginning with which country Kim Jong Un leads....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 12, 2016
5 Times Andy Borowitz’s Satire Duped the Media: Sean Penn, Jeff Bezos, Silvio Berlusconi Stories Trick Journos who failed to fact check!
This weekend, entertainment news site Deadline was duped by satirist Andy Borowitz's New Yorker blogpost joking that after Sean Penn's...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 18, 2015
PolitiFact Iowa Messes up Nuclear Warheads Fact Check: Marco Rubio didn’t say North Korea had More than 2,000
PolitiFact Iowa and the Des Moines Register messed up in a fact check but then seemingly put part of the blame on...
by Sydney Smith on May 20, 2015
Did North Korea Doctor Kim Jong Un Missile Photo?
North Korea may have Photoshopped a picture purporting to show its launching of a missile from a submarine, Reuters reported....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 09, 2015
CNN Duped by Fake North Korea Govt Twitter Account
Add CNN to the list of outlets duped by a satire Twitter account posing as the official Twitter for North...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 06, 2015
Fake North Korea Twitter Account Dupes Wash Post, Newsweek, Slate, Fox News, Reuters
Major news outlets were duped by a fake Twitter account purporting to be run by the North Korean government despite...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 22, 2014
Did BBC Put Unwitting Students at Risk in North Korea? Apologizes for Undercover Report
What were BBC editors and producers thinking when they put college students at risk in North Korea? BBC has since...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2014
Hoax: North Korea didn’t send 17-year-old astronaut to the Sun
No, North Korea didn't land a teenaged astronaut on the sun in the dark of night. Irish satire site Waterford...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2014
More on Kim Jong Un Dog Hoax: 1st English News Report had Single Source, Unverified Claim
Earlier this month, numerous news outlets were hoaxed by a story claiming that Kim Jong-un fed his uncle, Jang Song...