by Sydney Smith on Sep 17, 2017
New York Post unpublishes, corrects Kid Rock, Sharpton stories
The New York Post unpublished two stories about Kid Rock and Al Sharpton after finally admitting it had been duped...
Unpublishing
by Sydney Smith on Sep 06, 2017
Times of London Falls for Hoax Tweet by Fake Brigitte Macron
The Times of London fell for a parody tweet posing as from Brigitte Macron, the wife of French president Emmanuel...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 16, 2017
Techniques for Driving Vehicles through Liberal Protesters? Daily Caller, Fox delete Offensive Post
On Aug. 12, a car drove through a crowd protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing Heather Heyer...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 04, 2017
Letter to the Editor from the Grave? Australian paper publishes 2009 letter in 2016, but author died
Sometimes the expression "better late than never" is just plain wrong. Case in point: An Australian newspaper, the Port Stephens...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 31, 2017
Anti-Semitic Column on BBC Hosts results in Irish Sunday Times retraction, apology
The Irish edition of the Sunday Times unpublished and apologized for an offensive anti-Semitic column that described Jewish people, and specifically...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 30, 2017
Soccer player Romelu Lukaku: Fake news about him being a Muslim who can’t get Heineken award
UK news sites the Sun, the Mail, the Express and the Mirror all unpublished stories after falsely claiming Manchester United...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 29, 2017
Fact check fail: Sports Illustrated duped by fake Twitter account story on Ole Miss Coach
Sports Illustrated fumbled the ball with a tweet about Ole Miss possibly hiring former Oregon head coach Chip Kelly. The site...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 29, 2017
Vice’s Motherboard Retracts Donald Trump, Disney Hall of Presidents Stories
Vice-owned technology culture news site Motherboard retracted two stories that claimed Walt Disney World's Hall of Presidents was struggling to...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 14, 2017
Australian site unpublishes ‘cruel & humiliating’ fat-shaming post about author Roxane Gay
Australian women's news and opinion site Mamamia interviewed Roxane Gay, author of An Untamed State and Bad Feminist, for a podcast about...