by Rhonda Roland Shearer , Sydney Smith on Mar 28, 2013
Math Lab Bust? Whoops! Kentucky TV News Botches On-Air Caption
An on-air graphic from Lexington, Kentucky NBC-affiliate Lex18 reported: "5 arrested in math lab bust." Wait, a MATH lab? Were...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 27, 2013
Calling Transsexuals ‘Bed-wetters in bad wigs’ OK with PCC, Rules not Discrimination or Harassment
Even though complainants in the U.K. found the Observer's column about transgender people was "offensive," the Press Complaints Commission ruled that...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 26, 2013
The Telegraph Mix-up: Wrongly Says Actor John Goodman in 80s TV sitcom, Cheers?
The UK Telegraph wrongly reported that actor John Goodman was in the 1980s TV show Cheers. The Telegraph's story said...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 26, 2013
Anti-Semitic Tweets Posted on BBC Twitter by Syrian Electronic Army
Fake "political, anti-Semitic and comical" tweets were posted by hackers on "several BBC Twitter accounts' last week, the Associated Press...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 25, 2013
Oops, Chinese News Media Publish Fake Photo of Bogus Time Magazine Cover
Chinese "state-run" news agency Xinhua published a fake picture purporting to show recently deceased politician Wu Renbao on the cover...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 24, 2013
Why isn’t Sky News Prosecuted for Hacking John Darwin’s Emails?
The UK police decided not to prosecute Sky News' Gerard Tubb for hacking the email account of John Darwin, a...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 23, 2013
Pig Saving Goat Hoax Video: Why Haven’t News Outlets Posted Corrections?
A slew of media outlets -- from NBC's Nightly News to ABC's Good Morning America -- were hoaxed by a fake...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 22, 2013
Reporter ‘Created Names, Years and Majors’ for Fake Sources, Univ. of Alabama Student Newspaper Unpublishes 12 Stories
Madison Roberts, a reporter for the University of Alabama's student newspaper The Crimson White, was fired for making up "nearly 30"...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 21, 2013
Student Newspaper Wrongly Names City Councilor a Registered Sex Offender, Gets Sued for Libel
A college newspaper is again the subject of a libel lawsuit. The Oswegonian, State University of New York-Oswego's "only independent,...