Hoax: Watching Sunrise on TV because of Smog in China? Daily Mail, Time and more Duped
News outlets including the Daily Mail, Time magazine and the Daily Mirror published a fake story that China is using…
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More on Kim Jong Un Dog Hoax: 1st English News Report had Single Source, Unverified Claim
Earlier this month, numerous outlets were hoaxed by a story claiming that Kim Jong-un fed his uncle, Jang Song Thaek,…
Courtney Love in Court, 1st Twitter Libel Trial in US
Courtney Love is in court defending herself against a libel lawsuit for a 2010 tweet about her then-lawyer. The case…
Phone Hacking Scandal Story Wins Business Ethics Award
Here's an ethics award iMediaEthics hasn't heard of: The Joint Professions for Good and Institute for Business Ethics Writings Awards.…
Jezebel Pays $10K for Pre-Photoshop Lena Dunham Vogue Pics, Checkbook Journalism?
Breaking news! Fashion magazine Vogue uses Photoshop. The blog Jezebel paid $10,000 to get the pre-Photoshopped photos of Lena Dunham…
3 MSNBC Incidents, MSNBC Pres. Griffin says took quick ‘action’ after Alec Baldwin, Martin Bashir, & Melissa Harris-Perry debacles
MSNBC president Phil Griffin called recent controversies involving three of network's hosts "unfortunate" and defended MSNBC's reaction as "transparent" in…
Guardian may re-publish Emma Keller Post on Lisa Adams, ‘I continue to regret not giving her notice,’ Keller says
Emma Keller should have told Lisa Adams, who has stage 4 breast cancer, that she was writing about her, Guardian…
Julie Gayet Suing over Privacy after Hollande Affair Claims
Julie Gayet is suing French magazine Closer for invasion of privacy after Closer published a seven-page report with photos claiming…
W. Virginia Chemical Spill NOT Georgia-Pacific, Blog Retracts
Eastman Chemical -- NOT Georgia-Pacific -- produced the chemical polluting the water in West Virginia. De Smog Blog got the…
Black man with ‘Suspicious activity?’ Dominion Post Apologizes for ‘Offensive’ Report
The Dominion Post, a West Virginia newspaper, made national news this week after publishing a three-sentence report saying police were…