CNN iReport Unpublishes Hoax, Asteroid won’t ‘end civilization as we know it’ in 2041
CNN unpublished an iReport story that claimed an asteroid was going to hit Earth on March 35, 2041. The story…
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US Supreme Court: Jana Winter Not Forced to ID James Holmes anonymous sources
Fox News reporter Jana Winter will not be forced to ID her anonymous sources for her reporting on the 2012…
Charles Murray DIDN’T say Women have Underdeveloped Brains, Frederick News-Post published Fake Quotes
American Enterprise Institute scholar Charles Murray said women have underdeveloped brains. Never mind. He didn't say that. This was a…
‘Is critical investigative journalism still possible?’ Irish university hosts Media Ethics Event
Will investigative journalism die out? "Given the radical changes that have occurred in journalism in recent years the panel will…
Drugs Police didn’t Raid 2 UK schools, UK paper apologizes for ‘misunderstanding’
UK newspaper Yellow Advertiser had to publish a front page apology May 16 for wrongly reporting that drugs police raided…
Scottish Daily Record Photoshops Man out of Picture
The Daily Record doctored a photo to remove one person but claimed it was OK because the person in question…
#Bringourgirlsback Photos NOT from Nigeria, Mislabeled on Social Media, BBC, CBC
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S Korean ferry crash? Tibetan avalanche? Fox News can’t keep it straight
Fox News admitted to mixing up a video clip of a woman reacting to the Mount Everest avalanche in its…
Reed College Oil Stocks Hoax, 2 Oregon media outlets fooled
A fake press release claimed Oregon's Reed College said it was going to divest its holdings of fossil fuel stocks. …
Nat’l Journal dumps comments section after ‘worst kind of abusive, racist, and sexist name-calling imaginable’
The National Journal is getting rid of most online comments because it has been filled with "the worst kind of…