by Sydney Smith on Oct 11, 2012
NYT Adds Editors’ Note to College Drinking Article, 6 Fake Names included in Report
The New York Times quoted or pictured six fake names in a Sept. 27 story, "Last Call for College Bars." ...
Fake Quotes
by Sydney Smith on Oct 07, 2012
Penn State’s Daily Collegian Reviewing Student Reporter’s Work after Fake Sue Paterno Interview
The Daily Collegian, the student newspaper at Penn State University, apologized and suspended a student writer after he fabricated quotes...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 02, 2012
Iran News Agency: Sorry for Lifting Fake Story from the Onion on Obama, Ahmadinejad
Iran's Fars News Agency lifted a fake story by The Onion and ran it as fact, CNN reported. Fars News...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 12, 2012
Fake Angelina Jolie Twitter Account Suspended
iMediaEthics previously highlighted a phony Twitter account purporting to be Angelina Jolie. As we wrote this summer, Balkan media outlets...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 01, 2012
Lucky Magazine Accused of Fake Quote
"Shopping & style" Lucky magazine reader Rosemary Avance called out the magazine for running a fake quote praising a free...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 08, 2012
Do Journalists Often Fudge Quotes? Debate over Quoting Ethics
An interesting discussion on the ethics of quoting and paraphrasing interviews is going on among journalists and linguists in the...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 05, 2012
Reuters Blog Unpublishes Fake Stories about Syria Posted by Hackers
Fake stories were posted to Reuters' blogs August 3 after the "blogging platform" was hacked, the Wall Street Journal reported...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 03, 2012
Jonah Lehrer’s Book with Fake Quotes Recalled by UK, US Publishers
As we wrote earlier this week, Jonah Lehrer's book Imagine was revealed to include fake quotes attributed to Bob Dylan....
by Sydney Smith on Jul 31, 2012
Jonah Lehrer Resigns from New Yorker, Admits Fake Bob Dylan Quotes
Jonah Lehrer resigned from the New Yorker yesterday after being busted for fake Bob Dylan quotes in his book Imagine,...