by Sydney Smith on Aug 20, 2017
UK Express pays student James Ellison for Calais fires story with ‘serious falsehoods’
The UK Express accused a UK doctorate student, James Ellison, of setting fires to the Calais migrant camps in France...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 23, 2017
3 journalists suspended after publication of wildly inaccurate story about the African National Congress was published in South Africa media
The story seemed dramatic. The African National Congress (ANC), the legendary political party once headed by Nelson Mandela, was in...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 04, 2017
Charlie Hebdo Cartoon: God ‘Drowned all the Neo-Nazis of Texas’
Politico found itself in the middle of controversy last week over its Matt Wuerker cartoon on Hurricane Harvey and its devastating...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 06, 2017
Times of London Falls for Hoax Tweet by Fake Brigitte Macron
The Times of London fell for a parody tweet posing as from Brigitte Macron, the wife of French president Emmanuel...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 08, 2017
London Bridge attacker didn’t work at KFC, Daily Telegraph Corrects
When a terror attack occurs, the media scrambles to report anything and everything they can about the perpetrators. Unfortunately, there...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 11, 2017
Irish Radio Host George Hook Slammed for Rape Victim Blaming Comments, Apologizes
Newstalk Radio's George Hook upset many listeners when he seemingly blamed rape victims for being raped. In his Sept. 8...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 12, 2017
UK Channel 4 named wrong terror suspect, regulator says ‘serious inaccuracy’
British television news channel Channel 4 named the wrong man as responsible for the March 2017 Westminster attack in London....
by Sydney Smith on Sep 18, 2017
WSJ, Getty unpublish fake photographs from phony conflict photographer
A fake conflict photographer using the name Eduardo Martins sold stolen photos to news outlets like Getty Images that ended...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2017
Toronto Star Undercover Reporting at Fiera Foods Plant was in Public Interest, Public Editor Says
It was in the public interest and "most certainly justified" for the Toronto Star to go undercover at Toronto industrial...