by Sydney Smith on Oct 12, 2017
People Mag Duped by Fake Las Vegas Victim Larry Parra?
People magazine unpublished a profile of a man who was allegedly killed in the Las Vegas shooting earlier this month....
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by Sydney Smith on Dec 02, 2014
Kirk Douglas NOT Dead, People Mag Deletes without Correction
People magazine wrongly reported Kirk Douglas died Nov. 30. People's website published a pre-written obituary announcing Douglas's death, but he...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 04, 2013
People.com Uses Wrong Photo with Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Story
Whoops! People.com used the wrong photo with a story on the Bravo show The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. The...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 10, 2013
People Mag Publishes Pic of Wrong Woman Reportedly Dating Google’s Sergey Brin
People magazine misidentified a random woman as Google employee Amanda Rosenberg, Gawker-owned Silicon Valley blog Valleywag reported. Since late August,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 31, 2012
Roundup – Misreporting of Joe Paterno’s Death: Corrections, Retractions, Apologies and Social Media
As has been much documented, several media outlets misreported that former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno died Jan. 21. ...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 02, 2012
People Mag Buries Correction?
Media Bistro questioned People magazine's correction of its report claiming that a reality TV star left rehab. According to Media...
by Katie Rolnick on Oct 29, 2009
British Documentary Starsuckers Takes Aim at News Media
Starting this weekend, audiences in the UK will come face to face with their own obsession: celebrity. In the new...
by Danielle Mastropiero on Mar 24, 2009
People Magazine Blurs Line Between Ads and Content
Ideally, one of the most sacred staples of journalistic ethics is keeping the line between content and advertisements from being...