by Sydney Smith on May 23, 2014
#Bringourgirlsback Photos NOT from Nigeria, Mislabeled on Social Media, BBC, CBC
Social media and two media outlets have used photos from Guinea-Bissau in their coverage of the Nigerian school girls kidnapped...
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by Sydney Smith on May 22, 2014
S Korean ferry crash? Tibetan avalanche? Fox News can’t keep it straight
Fox News admitted to mixing up a video clip of a woman reacting to the Mount Everest avalanche in its...
by Sydney Smith on May 20, 2014
Nat’l Journal dumps comments section after ‘worst kind of abusive, racist, and sexist name-calling imaginable’
The National Journal is getting rid of most of its online comments section because it has been filled with "the...
by Sydney Smith on May 19, 2014
Texas Public Radio Retracts, Man Lied about Iraq Service
Texas Public Radio aired a hoax story last week after a man named Victor Martinez lied to them about his...
by Sydney Smith on May 17, 2014
You’re Fired! CNN Editor Marie-Louise Gumuchian Plagiarized ‘About 50’ Articles
CNN fired news editor Marie-Louise Gumuchian for plagiarism in "about 50 published stories," according to an editor's note posted on...
by David W. Moore on May 16, 2014
Lesson for Poll Watchers: Why 2 Virginia Polls on Medicaid Expansion can’t be trusted
Is the expansion of Medicaid taking a turn for the worse? Late last month, Washington D.C. public radio WAMU reported...
by Sydney Smith on May 16, 2014
Wrong Man IDed as Car Thief in MSNBC ‘Caught on Camera’ episode
MSNBC is being sued for identifying the wrong man in a reality crime story, even though it issued a retraction...
by Sydney Smith on May 15, 2014
Phone Hacking by the Numbers: Goodman Hacked Kate Middleton 155 times, Prince William 35, Prince Harry? only 9
Phone hacking by the numbers? Former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman, who previously was convicted of hacking...
by Sydney Smith on May 13, 2014
Malta Independent on Sunday sued for libel over Singapore Gran Prix article
The Malta Independent on Sunday is being sued for libel over a May 4 article that asked who paid for...
by Sydney Smith on May 12, 2014
ABC’s Lara Spencer’s Cinco de Mayo segment: Bad accents, drinking & sombreros prompt apology
MSNBC wasn't the only TV news outlet to air an offensive Cinco de Mayo segment this year. ABC's Good Morning...