by Sydney Smith on Jul 04, 2014
Hot Mugshot Guy Hoax: No $30K modeling contract!
It was too good to check! So many media outlet fell hook, line and sinker for a fake story claiming...
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by Sydney Smith on Jul 03, 2014
Fooled twice, Deseret News gets Plagiarism Detection software
The Deseret News has started using plagiarism detecting software PlagScan to help the paper make sure it doesn't publish plagiarized...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 01, 2014
Bribery Re-Trial for Andy Coulson, Clive Goodman, Accused of Pay-Offs to Police for Info on Royals
Andy Coulson and Clive Goodman will be re-tried for two counts of bribery related to the phone hacking scandal in...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 30, 2014
‘Mistakes Happen,’ How Fake Quotes About Women Having Small Brains Got Published
In another cautionary tale about not checking facts, last month the Frederick News-Post in Maryland admitted that it published fake quotes...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 30, 2014
NPR Reports Hundreds of Children Buried in Irish Septic Tank, Posts Correction
Gore creates clicks; never mind if it's not fact checked. Hundreds of children were not discovered buried in a mass...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 29, 2014
Toronto Star Needs Newsroom Diversity
The Toronto Star needs to do more to include diversity in its newspaper, public editor Kathy English wrote earlier this...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 28, 2014
Irish children in septic tank mass graves? AP issues mass correction
The Associated Press issued a large correction to stories earlier this month that claimed Irish children staying in a Catholic...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 26, 2014
Irish Independent plagiarized Irish Times story
The Irish Independent plagiarized an Irish Times' article, iMediaEthics discovered. Almost all of the Independent's report is taken word-for-word from...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 25, 2014
Gawker Reviewing ‘Aggregation’ policies after ‘Similarities’ to Miami New Times article
Gawker suspended writer Jay Hathaway for a week after a reader pointed out "several similarities" in his June 20 article...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 23, 2014
How NYT Handled Stories about Discredited Source, Somaly Mam & Long Pross
A Newsweek cover story claimed that two women, Somaly Mam and Long Pross, faked portions of their stories of being...