by Adam Klasfeld on Feb 21, 2008
Where The Antelope DON’T Play: Fake Photo on Chinese Website
Updated 02/25/08 4:17pm A week before the world’s highest and most controversial railroad officially opened in July 2006, connecting China...
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by Adam Klasfeld on Jan 09, 2008
Lifted!?$ NYPost Graphic Very Similar to iMediaEthics
Given the current state of our national press, it’s sometimes difficult to know whether the work of media ethicists is...
by Jeremy J. Miller on Nov 30, 2007
DO THE MEDIA REGRET THE ERRORS? Interview with Craig Silverman
CheckYourFacts.org interviews Craig Silverman, author of the new book, "Regret The Error: How Media Mistakes Pollute the Press and Imperil...
by Adam Klasfeld on Nov 29, 2007
Anatomy of a Correction / Correction of Anatomy: Pitbull Didn’t Chew Off Leg
UPDATED 12/3/07 If StinkyJournalism staffers are the self-knighted superheroes of fact-checking, then Google Alerts are our trusty sidekicks. When founder...
by Adam Klasfeld on Oct 30, 2007
MODERN TIMES: NYTimes’ Greg Brock on new correction database
The Times’ new office is not the only thing being modernized. Earlier this month, CheckYourFacts broke the story about the...
by Adam Klasfeld on Oct 18, 2007
‘Roid Rage: Fact Checking NYPD Steroid Use Claims in NYC Tabloids
The New York Post’s statistics should be checked for steroid use. In an October 17th article on an investigation into...
by Jeremy J. Miller on Oct 05, 2007
CORRECTION CONNECTION: NYTimes Creating Correction Tracking System
Check Your Facts has learned that the New York Times may finally be making good on one of the recommendations...
by London Shearer Allen on Jul 12, 2007
BU$TED HEAD: Al Gore bookie story a bait & switch
I’d imagine there are few of us who have not picked up a newspaper excited by an outrageous headline -...
by Adam Klasfeld on Jul 10, 2007
EVEN FACT CHECKERS GET THE BLUES: Author Tom Robbins not writing for Village Voice
The latest issue of the Village Voice announced that Tom Robbins had been given a new weekly column. Having just...