by Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2013
Fake Neanderthal Clone Baby Story Still Out There? When will Media Admit Error
Fox News has owned up and disclosed to readers that it included bad information in a Jan. 21 post about...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2013
NYPost Photoshops Front Page Photo of ‘Cannibal Cop’ Gilberto Valle, Discloses in Tiny Print
Is the New York Post's front-page photo a fake? Yes, at least in part. However, unless you took a magnifying glass...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 12, 2013
Paul Krugman Bankruptcy Tale Lost in Translation? Daily Currant’s Satire Story Duped Breitbart.com
Breitbart.com unpublished a story after being hoaxed by a satire site's story that had claimed New York Times columnist Paul Krugman...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 11, 2013
Florida A & M Student Named In Hazing Death Sues Student Paper, TV News For Libel
A student at Florida A & M University has sued two Florida media outlets -- Florida A & M University's...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 10, 2013
Vanity Fair no longer ‘surprised’ Jessica Chastain ‘hailed’ for Zero Dark Thirty acting, unpublishes critique
Vanity Fair unpublished a blogpost critical of actress Jessica Chastain because "it ran counter to what a number of people...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 10, 2013
3 Reasons Not to Trust the UK Daily Mail’s Reporting on Severed Head Photo
iMediaEthics' coverage of the NY Daily News's "exclusive" photo of Bashid Mclean, who was photographed holding the severed head of...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 06, 2013
Did Daily Mail, NY Post, Huff Post Steal NY Daily News Severed Head Photo?!
The New York Daily News scored a coup with its "exclusive" photo of Bashid Mclean holding the severed head of...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 06, 2013
Fox News 50-Word Rip-Off was ‘Reporting Error,’ Unpublishes Whole Story for Plagiarism
Fox News claimed that plagiarizing two sentences -- or 50 words -- from a Politico story on the sequestration was...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 05, 2013
Should Bolivian Journalists Use A Dead 14-Year-Old’s Facebook Photo?
Is it OK for the news media to use a 14-year-old's photo from Facebook in reports about the minor's death?...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 05, 2013
Was Daily Mail Hoaxed by Fake Bashid Mclean Twitter Account?
Was the UK Daily Mail hoaxed by a fake Twitter account purporting to be Bashid Mclean, the New York man...