by iMediaEthics Staff on Jul 24, 2008
Why hoax?
BBC News' Mark Easton writes: "Some hoaxes are for financial gain. Others for revenge or to make some political point....
International Media Ethics News
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jul 15, 2008
Little Green Footballs (LGF) on Iran’s previous 2007 Fauxtography scam
From 2007 Little Green Footballs post: "LGF readers tipped me off to a blatant Photoshop fraud at Iran's Fars News...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jul 11, 2008
“In an Iranian Image, a Missile Too Many”
The Lede's Mike Nizza and Patrick Witty write: "As the above illustration shows, the second missile from the right appears...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jul 03, 2008
Fauxtography Update
From the Weekly Standard, L'Affaire Enderlin: Being a French journalist means never having to say you're sorry by Anne-Elisabeth "France...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jul 02, 2008
Legal Expert Weighs in on China’s Tiger-Gate
Wall Street Journal's China Journal writes: "Today's WSJ story on the rise of lawyers in China features Beijing lawyer Liu...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jul 01, 2008
Chinese investigation of shots of tiger in the wild —not real…now consequences for "con job"
China Daily's Ma Lie and Luo Hongyan write: "The 13 officials penalized for the scandal include: Zhang Shenian, provincial forestry...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jun 12, 2008
Al-Durra Hoax Case:
SnapShots reports: "It's hard to exaggerate the significance of Mohammed al-Durra, the 12-year-old Palestinian boy allegedly killed by Israeli bullets on...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jun 10, 2008
“BBC apologises over ‘hoax’ meerkat report”
Chris Cheesman at Amateur Photographer reported "The BBC, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph have today admitted that picture editors...
by Ashley ODell , Rhonda Roland Shearer on Jul 01, 2004
Even a Frog will Kick the BBC: Iranian Woman didn’t have a frog baby
On June 27, 2004, the BBC reported on an Iranian woman who gave birth to a frog. Its frog baby...