by Sydney Smith on Oct 19, 2013
Congressman Bill Young NOT Dead, Fox News Corrects On Air
Fox News' Gretchen Carlson wrongly reported on air that Rep. Bill Young died Oct. 17. Carlson said on air, in...
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 18, 2013
Mail on Sunday Ran 2010 Miami Bank Robbery Photo with Kenyan Mall Attack Story
The Mail on Sunday used a photo from a 2010 bank robbery in Miami, Florida in its coverage of the...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 17, 2013
Photo Fail: Florida’s First Coast News Aired Wrong Photo in Car Crash Story, Retracts on air and online
Florida's First Coast News aired the wrong photo of a man involved in a car accident that killed a woman....
by Sydney Smith on Oct 17, 2013
Houston Chronicle Didn’t Un-Endorse Ted Cruz, Updates Added to USA Today, WaPo, Forbes Stories
The Houston Chronicle called out media outlets that "inaccurately characterized our Wednesday editorial" on Sen. Ted Cruz. The Chronicle had...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 16, 2013
Pakistan’s Dawn wanted to ‘make fun of conspiracy theorists’ with Malala Satire Story
Last week, Iran's government-owned TV station Press TV was hoaxed by a satire story claiming that teenage education advocate Malala...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 15, 2013
Fox News’ Anna Kooiman Corrects Muslim Museum Story,’We made a bad mistake’
Fox News held true to its promise to make an on-air correction for wrongly reporting that President Obama was personally...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 15, 2013
‘Urban Whore’ Blogpost: Scientific American Unpublished, Re-published, Biology-Online editor fired
Biology-Online fired an editor who blogged under the name "Ofek" for calling Scientific American blogger Danielle N. Lee an "urban...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 14, 2013
UK Mail crashed Labour’s Ed Miliband uncle’s memorial, 2 Reporters Suspended
British politician Ed Miliband, the leader of the UK Labour Party, has been lobbing complaints at the Mail on Sunday...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 12, 2013
CNN Geography Fail, Maps Hong Kong in South America
CNN aired a map on Oct. 5 that placed Hong Kong in South America -- more specifically, where Brazil is...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 11, 2013
Iran TV Hoaxed, Malala is NOT a Christian Hungarian Named Jane
Iran's Press TV, a government-owned TV news outlet, was hoaxed by a satire story claiming that Malala Yousafzai, the young...