by Amanda Fox-Rouch on Jun 21, 2013
Boston Marathon ‘Bag Men’ Photo NOT Released by FBI, Contradicts Murdoch’s Tweet
Two individuals who the New York Post falsely suggested to be possible suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings filed a...
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by Sydney Smith on Jun 20, 2013
Turkish Newspaper Fakes Interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour
Turkish newspaper Takvim intentionally published a phony interview with CNN chief international correspondent and anchor Christiane Amanpour. The fake interview...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 19, 2013
Fox News Aired Man’s Suicide, Children Sue for Emotional Distress
Last year, Fox News aired live footage of a man named JoDon Romero killing himself with a gun after a car...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 18, 2013
‘Too many gosh darn foreigners’ (‘Asians’) on LPGA Tour, Radio Host Fired after comment
Rochester, New York news radio WHAM-AM fired radio host Craig Schaller for his comments about Asian golf players in a...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 18, 2013
Retired NFL Player’s Lou Gehrig’s Disease Mocked, 3 Atlanta Radio Hosts Fired
Atlanta's 790 The Zone radio station hosts Steak Shapiro, Chris Dimino and Nick Cellini made fun of former NFL player...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 17, 2013
BBC Reporter Adam Kirtley Promoted PR Wife’s Business When Interviewing Students of Her Client
Freelance BBC reporter Adam Kirtley, in effect, promoted his wife's public relations clients when interviewing students at Cranbourne Business and...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 17, 2013
Nelson Mandela NOT Dead, Germany’s Deutsche-Welle Wrong
Deutsche Welle, Germany's international radio network, wrongly reported that Nelson Mandela died. In a June 14 retraction statement, the German "international broadcaster"...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 16, 2013
White Sox Manager Didn’t Say That! Fort Worth Star-Telegram Prints Fake Quote on Graduations
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram was hoaxed by a satirical website into publishing a fake quote. The Texas newspaper had published...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 15, 2013
Australian Radio Shock Jock Fired for Asking PM Julia Gillard if Partner was Gay
Australia's Fairfax Radio fired host Howard Sattler for a "disrespectful and irrelevant" interview with the country's prime minister Julia Gillard,...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 14, 2013
Former Alabama Gov George Wallace NOT a Republican, MSNBC Corrects
An MSNBC graphic wrongly said George Wallace -- who was a segregationist governor of Alabama during portions of the 1960s...