by Sydney Smith on Aug 05, 2017
Was the Nairobi Star a victim of Fake News?
The Nairobi Star says it's been the victim of fake news. Was it? The Kenyan newspaper reported this week that...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 04, 2017
Letter to the Editor from the Grave? Australian paper publishes 2009 letter in 2016, but author died
Sometimes the expression "better late than never" is just plain wrong. Case in point: An Australian newspaper, the Port Stephens...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 03, 2017
UK Telegraph Posts Prince Philip Death News, but he’s alive
Will the media stop knocking off Prince Philip? The latest to kill him is the Daily Telegraph, which reported the...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 02, 2017
Kevin Myers: ‘It’s over for me professionally,’ doomed by anti-Semitic column, 25 complaints to IPSO
Kevin Myers, the Sunday Times Ireland columnist who was fired this week after publishing an anti-Semitic column, has publicly apologized...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 01, 2017
Why NYTimes Used Photos but didn’t Name Children of Lawyer who Overdosed
The New York Times published a personal story by Eilene Zimmerman about lawyers who abuse drugs, including her ex-husband who overdosed and...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 31, 2017
Anti-Semitic Column on BBC Hosts results in Irish Sunday Times retraction, apology
The Irish edition of the Sunday Times unpublished and apologized for an offensive anti-Semitic column that described Jewish people, and specifically...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 30, 2017
Soccer player Romelu Lukaku: Fake news about him being a Muslim who can’t get Heineken award
UK news sites the Sun, the Mail, the Express and the Mirror all unpublished stories after falsely claiming Manchester United...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 29, 2017
Fact check fail: Sports Illustrated duped by fake Twitter account story on Ole Miss Coach
Sports Illustrated fumbled the ball with a tweet about Ole Miss possibly hiring former Oregon head coach Chip Kelly. The site...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 28, 2017
Madonna gets Privacy Violation Payday after Mail Online’s Story on Adopted Twin Daughters
The Mail Online is paying Madonna and her newly adopted four-year-old twin daughters, Stella and Estere, after the singer sued...