by Danielle Mastropiero on Apr 28, 2009
Washingtonian’s Fake Obama Picture Called “Unethical”
A recent Washingtonian magazine cover featuring a photoshopped picture of President Barack Obama has some bloggers and commentators up in...
Political Reporting Ethics News
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Apr 23, 2009
ABC News “Editing Error” Misquotes Obama
The Plum Line, Greg Sargent's blog, reported that ABC News made a inaccurate factual claim in a headline by adding...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Apr 22, 2009
Bush’s Fake Turkey: NY Times’ Error Persists on Internet Despite Correction
Media errors are like Pandora's Box or the genie in the bottle, once an error is out in the Internet, ...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Apr 17, 2009
Fake Photos Used to Smear Malaysian Candidate
A Bukit Gantang parliamentary by-election political candidate, Ismail Saffian, has recently lost an election in Malaysia. He believes that fake...
by Danielle Elliot on Mar 25, 2009
Fake Nude Photos in Australian Paper Prompt Apology
The Sunday Telegraph apologized this week after editors were duped into printing nude photos that they falsely claimed were of...
by Danielle Elliot on Mar 12, 2009
Kate Winslet Photo Used in Fauxtography:
World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com) reports that a British political party used fauxtography in their annual conference brochure. The doctored...
by Danielle Elliot on Feb 03, 2009
Politico Gets It Wrong Again: Mixes up Quote on Rush Limbaugh
Is one US Congressional member invisibly exchangeable with another? You better think so if you read Politico. Blogger Mike Dunford...
by Danielle Elliot on Jan 30, 2009
Politico Got Former Senator Hillary Clinton’s Vote Wrong:
A Politico story, "Land Mines Ahead For Hillary", erroneously reported that former Senator Hillary Clinton voted against a 2007 resolution "labeling Iran's...
by George F. Bishop , David W. Moore on Jan 29, 2009
1st Annual: 2009 TOP TEN "DUBIOUS POLLING" AWARDS
Every year, poll watchers are confronted with poll results and commentary that defy either logic or science, often raising question...