by Sydney Smith on Jul 15, 2013
WSJ Hoaxed by Fake Twitter Account for Joan Didion
The Wall Street Journal was hoaxed by a fake Twitter account for author Joan Didion, Gawker reported. The Journal's July...
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by Shayla Love on Jul 15, 2013
NYT: Women can play that game, too! (If they’re anonymous)
How can there be a trend of young women freely having unattached sexual encounters when none of the women publicly...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 14, 2013
Bernie Fine Drops Libel Lawsuit Against ESPN over Sex Abuse Claims, Wife Still Suing though
Bernie Fine, a former basketball coach at Syracuse University, is no longer suing ESPN over its reporting on accusations of...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 14, 2013
Asiana Airlines May Sue KTVU for ‘Demeaning’ Broadcast of Fake Crash Pilot Names
Ki Won Suh from Asiana Airlines confirmed in an email to iMediaEthics today Asiana is "considering legal action" against Bay...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 13, 2013
Secret Recording: Rupert Murdoch Talks Bribery, Phone Hacking, News of the World, & Anonymous Sources
News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch commented in a secret recording that "every newspaper in Fleet Street" England pays cops and...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 13, 2013
Fact Check Fail: NTSB Says Intern Confirmed Bogus Asiana Pilot Names to KTVU
Bay Area Fox-affiliate KTVU wrongly identified four pilots on Asiana Airlines Flight 214 from South Korea, which crashed on the...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 13, 2013
NY Daily News Excuses Front Page Flop on NBA Player’s Alien Abduction on Page 3
The New York Daily News has been taking steps to position itself as a national newspaper lately. So why did...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 12, 2013
Silvio Berlusconi’s Panorama Magazine Hoaxed: He’s NOT Running for NYC Office
Italian magazine Panorama was tricked by a satirical Andy Borowitz story claiming that Silvio Berlusconi was going to run for...
by David W. Moore on Jul 12, 2013
Conflicting Polls? Don’t Blame the Public! (or Excuse Pollsters)
In a recent blog post, HuffPost Pollster noted apparent conflicts in polling on abortion (for a better example than the...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 11, 2013
Yachting World Wrong, Boat Owner NOT a Cocaine Smuggler, Pays for Libel
UK boating magazine Yachting World must pay Nicholas Tristram Cokes, the owner of a well-known catamaran Orinoco Flo, a "substantial"...