by Sydney Smith on Jul 02, 2013
CNN Shows George Zimmerman’s Social Security Number in Live Trial Footage
CNN showed George Zimmerman's Social Security number during its live coverage of the trial against him in the killing of...
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by Sydney Smith on Jul 01, 2013
Canada’s La Presse Hoaxed by Fake Bill Murray Twitter
Montreal newspaper La Presse was hoaxed by a fake Twitter account for actor Bill Murray. In a June 23 post,...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 01, 2013
Sorry for Saying David Lloyd had Personal Problems, Says BBC, Andrew Castle
BBC host Andrew Castle agreed to pay and publicly apologize for saying earlier this month that a tennis athlete, David...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 01, 2013
Digital Manipulation of News Images? Survey Asks Photojournalists About Their Boundaries In a Survey
Texas's Midwestern State University is conducting a survey to see what people think about ongoing photojournalism ethics issues. The survey...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 30, 2013
Biscuit Coma Story: Globe & Mail, Sun, Daily Mail, Examiner Also Hoaxed
Satire site RockCitytimes published a phony story claiming that food writer Kevin Shalin lapsed into a coma because he ate...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 29, 2013
Andrew Ross Sorkin Says Arrest Glenn Greenwald Comment ‘Overstepped’
Andrew Ross Sorkin, a columnist for the New York Times and co-anchor of CNBC's Squawk Box, apologized for his "hyperbole"...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 27, 2013
Was NYT Obit for Michael Hastings Unfair? Widow Complains, Public Editor Comments
The wife of investigative reporter Michael Hastings, Elise Jordan, complained about the New York Times' obituary of her husband, who...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 26, 2013
Food Writer Didn’t Have Coma from Eating Biscuits, UK Mirror Hoaxed, Stole Story from Satire Site
The Daily Mirror was hoaxed by a fake story about a man lapsing into a coma after eating 413 biscuits, Arkansas...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 25, 2013
Yahoo News Says Barack Obama Born in Kenya
U.S. President Barack Obama born in Kenya? Yahoo News made that mistake in a recent article. According to Mediaite, in...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 24, 2013
Models Posed as Authors before Suicide, Vice Unpublishes Pictures
In response to massive criticism and outrage, Vice magazine unpublished and apologized for a photo "fashion spread" titled "Last Words"...