Mercury News Hoaxed by Joke Obama Air Force One Tweet, Says Story ‘Clearly Did Not Meet Our Normal Standards’
San Jose, California daily newspaper The Mercury News fessed up this week to being hoaxed by a joke tweet claiming…
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Math Lab Bust? Whoops! Kentucky TV News Botches On-Air Caption
An on-air graphic from Lexington, Kentucky NBC-affiliate Lex18 reported: "5 arrested in math lab bust." Wait, a MATH lab? Were…
Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage Likely Smaller Than What Most Polls Show
With the Supreme Court considering two cases involving same-sex marriage, it may be useful to review how opposed the public…
Calling Transsexuals ‘Bed-wetters in bad wigs’ OK with PCC, Rules not Discrimination or Harassment
Even though complainants in the U.K. found the Observer's column about transgender people was "offensive," the Press Complaints Commission ruled that…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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"…