by Sydney Smith on Jun 25, 2012
Connecticut Newspaper Apologizes for Fabrication, Fires Reporter
Connecticut's New Canaan News fired reporter Paresh Jha for making up "quotations and sources" and apologized for the "gross violation...
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by Sydney Smith on Jun 26, 2012
Connecticut SPJ Issues Statement on Paresh Jha
As we wrote yesterday, Connecticut-based newspaper New Canaan News apologized after revealing its reporter Paresh Jha fabricated content found in at...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 27, 2012
WSJ Fires Intern for Fabrication of Sources and Quotes
The Wall Street Journal fired an intern for fabrication, according to a note on its website. The note explains that...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 04, 2012
NYPost Reports, Unpublishes Quote from Parody NYT Public Editor Account, Later Calls it ‘Errant Tweet’
The New York Post's Page Six quoted from a parody Twitter account posing as New York Times public editor Arthur...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 06, 2012
Yale Daily News Re-Reviewing Liane Membis’ Work after HuffPost Unpublishes Story
The Wall Street Journal intern who was fired last month for fabrication also "snookered" The Huffington Post, the Atlantic Wire...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 10, 2012
Inside the Drake-Chris Brown Fake Video: Interview with the Hoaxer whose Video Tricked ABC’s Good Morning America
Last month, media outlets such as ABC News' Good Morning America, WPIX, and the New York Daily News were duped...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 11, 2012
UEFA Altered Euro2012 Footage to Show Pre-Game Video during Games, Calls it ‘Human Error’
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) altered Euro2012 footage during a game to make it look like a spectator...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 14, 2012
Jewish Site Doctors ABC News Video to Add Gray Boxes over Women’s Chests
A Haredi news site pasted in gray boxes to New York local news coverage published on its website, blogger Shmarya...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 29, 2012
Fake NYT Bill Keller Op-Ed on WikiLeaks Circulates
A fake op-ed defending WikiLeaks purporting to written by former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller is circulating. Keller...