by Sydney Smith on Apr 17, 2015
NYTimes hoaxed by Twitter Source, Scrubs E-Cigarette story
The New York Times was hoaxed by a Twitter user it interviewed for a story on the use of e-cigarettes,...
Scrubbing
by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2015
8 Actual BuzzFeed Editorial Standards You Need To Know
Of course, the headline for this story is a riff on Buzzfeed's typical story format. But despite the winning entertainment...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 07, 2014
Source lied about his HIV story, Washington Post unpublishes
The Washington Post unpublished 2,000 words of an article about HIV diagnoses after learning its source made up his story....
by Rolyne Joseph on Jul 26, 2013
Tale of 2 FDNY Reporting Errors, NY Daily News vs. NY Times on Melisa Jackson
The New York Times and The New York Daily News had errors in their stories about charges being dropped against...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 15, 2013
‘Howie Felterbush’? USA Today Deletes Zimmerman Reactions by Source with Fake Name
USA Today was apparently hoaxed by a source giving a fake name, "Howie Felterbush," for a story about the verdict...
by Sydney Smith on May 15, 2013
CNN Covers Up Error in Cleveland Kidnappings Case: Amanda Berry NOT Ariel Castro’s Daughter’s Best Friend
CNN's Michael Martinez made an error in his May 12 story on the Cleveland kidnappings case and suspect Ariel Castro. ...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 20, 2013
UK Telegraph Scrubs Details about Student’s Suicide After PCC complaint
The UK Telegraph removed information from its online version of a story about a suicide after a suicide prevention group filed...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 09, 2012
Daily Mail Wrongly Says Man Dead, Calls it a ‘Simple Misunderstanding’
When a newspaper mistakenly reports the death of a person who is still alive, a prominent correction, at the very...