by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Feb 23, 2009
Citizens Now More Savvy About Fauxtography:
The most recent extreme scary animal photos published by bloggers and mainstream media was almost instantly identified as a hoax...
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by Danielle Elliot on Feb 09, 2009
Blogger Debunks Holocaust Hoax:
How can every professional reporter be fooled but a blogger --who doesn't have the same resources available--realizes he should doggedly...
by Danielle Elliot on Feb 06, 2009
Famed Nikita Khrushchev Shoe Banging Story Long In Doubt:
Assumptions about common knowledge can be very dangerous. As the saying goes, a journalist even needs to check "if his mother loves him."...
by Danielle Elliot on Dec 30, 2008
New York Times Published Hoax Letter Criticizing Caroline Kennedy
The New York Times is under fire after printing a falsified letter to the editor in the December 22 edition,...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Aug 06, 2008
History repeats itself…in dog days of summer
It was August 2006 in Maine.. a strange creature's carcass was found. Hey, wait a minute. This sounds just like...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jul 24, 2008
Why hoax?
BBC News' Mark Easton writes: "Some hoaxes are for financial gain. Others for revenge or to make some political point....
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jun 11, 2008
Newspaper photo story is not all it seems: Fake Grand Canyon Story
Chris Cheesman writes: "Some newspapers appear to have fallen for a story in which it was claimed a photographer narrowly...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jun 10, 2008
“BBC apologises over ‘hoax’ meerkat report”
Chris Cheesman at Amateur Photographer reported "The BBC, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph have today admitted that picture editors...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on May 03, 2008
Alabama’s Monster Pig Hoax, one year later
Editor's Note : Rhonda Roland Shearer is the director of Art Science Research Laboratory, which she founded with her late...