by Sydney Smith on Nov 05, 2019
Sun adds notes to Coleen Rooney stories
The UK Sun has added notes to several stories about Coleen Rooney after Rooney announced she was sharing fake stories...
Fake News
by Sydney Smith on Jan 24, 2020
Top 10 Verification & Fabrication Fails of 2019
10. Cricket player a kazoo player? Australian's Channel 7 fell for a satire story and wrongly reported in January that...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 25, 2020
Fake News costs Bloomberg News $5.5 million
Bloomberg News published a fake press release back in 2016, and now France's markets watchdog AMF is fining it $5.5...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 29, 2020
ABC News suspends Matt Gutman for wrong report that Kobe Bryant’s 4 daughters were on helicopter
ABC News suspended correspondent Matt Gutman for wrongly reporting that all four of Kobe Bryant's daughters were on the helicopter...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 27, 2020
Fake Reporter? Seattle newspaper says someone posed as reporter to talk about white supremacists
Seattle's The Stranger, an alternative newspaper, revealed someone was posing as a Stranger reporter, Lester Black. The impostor claimed to...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 05, 2020
South African news site retracts 2 articles for fake quotes, reviewing 16 more
South African news agency Ground Up retracted two articles by a freelance writer, Sibusiso Mdlalose, after finding fabricated quotations, the...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 18, 2020
Nebraska TV news fell for scam call saying post office closing for coronavirus
A Nebraska TV news station fell for an apparent scam phone call claiming local postal services would be suspended because...