by Sydney Smith on Mar 19, 2013
MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, WTRF Name Teen Rape Victim from Steubenville, Ohio
At least four U.S. media outlets named a 16-year-old rape victim this week. MSNBC, Fox News, CBS-affiliate WTRF and CNN...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2013
Fake Neanderthal Clone Baby Story Still Out There? When will Media Admit Error
Fox News has owned up and disclosed to readers that it included bad information in a Jan. 21 post about...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 06, 2013
Fox News 50-Word Rip-Off was ‘Reporting Error,’ Unpublishes Whole Story for Plagiarism
Fox News claimed that plagiarizing two sentences -- or 50 words -- from a Politico story on the sequestration was...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 27, 2013
Woman NOT Wanted to Make Neanderthal Clone Baby, Misquoted Harvard Prof George Church
Harvard University genetics professor George M. Church says media reports have fabricated quotes attributed to him. The sensational quotes and...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 08, 2013
Greta Van Susteren: ‘Shame on the Daily Beast’ for Misquote
The Daily Beast's Howard Kurtz apologized to Fox News' Greta Van Susteren after misquoting her as joking that Hillary Clinton's...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 23, 2012
2012: 10 Worst Plagiarism and Attribution Cases
10) Fox News Lifts Atlantic Wire Dolphin Story Fox News rewrote without credit an Atlantic Wire article on dolphins earlier...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 16, 2012
Top 10 Photo Fails: 2012’s Wrong & Fake Photos
10) The Sunday Times Runs 2008 Doctored Photo in 2012 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="465"] (Credit: Sunday Times, screenshot)[/caption] In July, the...
by David W. Moore on Nov 08, 2012
Why the Poll Doubters Could Have Been Right – Look at Gallup
In the final days before the election, some major conservative pundits – such as Michael Barone in the Washington Examiner,...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 29, 2012
Fox News Apologizes for Airing Suicide, ‘We Really Messed Up’
Shepard Smith apologized after Fox News aired live footage of a man killing himself, the New York Times reported. Smith...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 23, 2012
Fox News Airs 2009 Joke Obama & Pirate Photo with 2012 Coverage, Corrects Unemployment Graphic
Fox News used a 2009 photo from Barack Obama's Twitter account in a segment last week to claim Obama was...