by Mitchell Petit-Frere on Jun 09, 2013
Why Did NY Post Flip-Flop in its Michael Douglas Oral Sex-Cancer Stories?
The headline on The New York Post’s June 3 front-page story shouted “Sex Gave Me Cancer,” and the tabloid reported as...
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by Sydney Smith on May 31, 2013
The Inquisitr, Daily Mail Admit Roger Moore Quotes Fake
News site The Inquisitr joined the Daily Mail in publishing a retraction to admit that it published quotes from a...
by Sydney Smith on May 28, 2013
Taiwan Journalist Charged by Police over Fake News, Restaurant Owner didn’t call Filipinos ‘Dogs’
Taiwan newspaper Lih Pao fired a reporter for making up a story claiming a "diner owner" wouldn't "sell boxed lunches...
by Alan Bisbort on May 28, 2013
Navasky’s History of Political Cartoons Raises Unique Issues of Journalism Ethics and Pulls Some Punches
You know you have stumbled upon a third rail of media ethics when a book about “the art of controversy”...
by Sydney Smith on May 27, 2013
Where’s the Video? Donors Gave $200K to Gawker’s Crackstarter Campaign to Buy Alleged Rob Ford Crack Video
With 11 hours to go, Gawker has hit its $200,000 goal to raise money to buy a video that allegedly...
by Sydney Smith on May 26, 2013
NYT Unpublishes Slideshow after finding Photojournalist lied about photo subjects
The New York Times unpublished "a post and a slide show about Haitian child servants" because a Times photojournalist lied...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on May 14, 2013
New York Post fakes it again, Obama photo doctored with NO disclosure
Can't the New York Post play by the rules? Photo editors know they are supposed to disclose when an image...
by Sydney Smith on May 14, 2013
South Korean News Denies Photoshop of Obama, Park Geun-hye, Admits to failed caption
South Korean news organization Yonhap News Agency published a strange side-by-side image of South Korean President Park Geun-hye with President...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on May 08, 2013
Bronx 5-Alarm Blaze Fact Check Shows Sloppy Local Reporting, Not Just In National Breaking News Coverage
It is easy to critique the media for errors during national breaking news like the Boston Marathon bombing, but what...
by Sydney Smith on May 07, 2013
MSNBC Cuts & Pastes Biden’s words about Benghazi, and makes them about Gun control, Says sorry afterwards
A "producer error" led MSNBC to quote Vice President Joe Biden out of context from one event (about the attack...