by Nicole Salomon on Jan 31, 2013
Fmr Bild Journalist Bought German Actor Otti Fischer’s Sex Video, Acquitted of Coercion Charges
A journalist who paid for a sex video showing a top German actor in bed with two prostitutes has been...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 31, 2013
The New Republic Tweets Fake Photo of Obama Skeet Shooting?
The New Republic tweeted a fake photo purporting to show President Obama skeet shooting, the Weekly Standard reported. The Weekly...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 29, 2013
UK Times’ Netanyahu Cartoon Prompts 100+ Complaints, Murdoch Apology, Accusations of Blood Libel
News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch and the Times' editor apologized after criticism of the UK Sunday Times' Jan. 27 cartoon...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 28, 2013
Won 2 Pulitzers, Philadelphia Inquirer editor gives N.N. Oweida Lecture in Journalism Ethics at Penn State
Penn State University is holding a journalism ethics lecture "Ethics in Journalism: In Theory, In Practice" next month, according to...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 28, 2013
Radio Host Duped by the Onion’s Fake Photo of Drones at Inauguration
KFAI's Andy Driscoll posted on his Facebook page Jan. 22 a fake photo that showed what appeared to be three...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 27, 2013
Woman NOT Wanted to Make Neanderthal Clone Baby, Misquoted Harvard Prof George Church
Harvard University genetics professor George M. Church says media reports have fabricated quotes attributed to him. The sensational quotes and...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 26, 2013
Venezuela to Sue El Pais over Fake Photo of Hugo Chavez?
Will El Pais' fake photo of Hugo Chavez end in two lawsuits? As iMediaEthics wrote yesterday, El Pais, a Spanish...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 25, 2013
World’s Longest Correction in TIME Magazine? No, but at 560 words it’s a whopper
Time made a ton of changes and added one whopper of a correction at the bottom of its Jan. 8...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 24, 2013
Harper’s Tricked by Satire Fake News Story about ‘Visual Allergies’ Lawsuit?
Harper's Magazine has owned up to being tricked by a satire story by releasing corrections online, in print, and on...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 24, 2013
El Pais Retracts Fake Photo of Hugo Chavez, Apologizes
Daily Spanish newspaper El Pais ran a fake photo of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez on its front page and briefly...