by Sydney Smith on Mar 26, 2013
The Telegraph Mix-up: Wrongly Says Actor John Goodman in 80s TV sitcom, Cheers?
The UK Telegraph wrongly reported that actor John Goodman was in the 1980s TV show Cheers. The Telegraph's story said...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 26, 2013
Anti-Semitic Tweets Posted on BBC Twitter by Syrian Electronic Army
Fake "political, anti-Semitic and comical" tweets were posted by hackers on "several BBC Twitter accounts' last week, the Associated Press...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 25, 2013
Oops, Chinese News Media Publish Fake Photo of Bogus Time Magazine Cover
Chinese "state-run" news agency Xinhua published a fake picture purporting to show recently deceased politician Wu Renbao on the cover...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 24, 2013
Why isn’t Sky News Prosecuted for Hacking John Darwin’s Emails?
The UK police decided not to prosecute Sky News' Gerard Tubb for hacking the email account of John Darwin, a...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 23, 2013
Pig Saving Goat Hoax Video: Why Haven’t News Outlets Posted Corrections?
A slew of media outlets -- from NBC's Nightly News to ABC's Good Morning America -- were hoaxed by a fake...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 22, 2013
Reporter ‘Created Names, Years and Majors’ for Fake Sources, Univ. of Alabama Student Newspaper Unpublishes 12 Stories
Madison Roberts, a reporter for the University of Alabama's student newspaper The Crimson White, was fired for making up "nearly 30"...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 21, 2013
Student Newspaper Wrongly Names City Councilor a Registered Sex Offender, Gets Sued for Libel
A college newspaper is again the subject of a libel lawsuit. The Oswegonian, State University of New York-Oswego's "only independent,...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 20, 2013
Neanderthal Clone Baby Story Disappears on UK Metro, Unpublishing suspected
The UK Metro has unpublished a Jan. 21 article containing a fake quote about the possibility of a Neanderthal clone...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 20, 2013
Jane Goodall is Sorry for Monkeying Around Proper Attribution in New Book
Chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall apologized after the Washington Post discovered that her forthcoming book, Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 19, 2013
Wait, Wash Post Now Says ‘Plus-Size’ Swedish Mannequins NOT Hoax, Corrects Error
The Washington Post's Delia Lloyd thought full-figured Swedish mannequins were a hoax. But the mannequins are real, and the Washington...