by Molika Ashford on Nov 03, 2009
Speed Vs. Accuracy: Recent Chamber of Commerce Hoax Reopens The Debate
The prank-press conference held last week by farcical activists the Yes Men has reopened the “speed versus accuracy” debate, an...
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by Katie Rolnick on Oct 31, 2009
Is October National Hoax Month?
Apparently, October is National Hoax Month -- or so it would seem, given the proliferation of fraudulent stories that appeared...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 24, 2009
Reuters Falls For Chamber Of Commerce Hoax: Says Report Could Have Affected Markets
Reuters (and subsequently The New York Times and Washington Post) fell for a hoax press release issued by the farcical...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Jun 29, 2009
YouTube Announces “Reporters’ Center” Channel to Coach Journalists
YouTube announced today the launch of their "YouTube Reporters' Center: Helping you report the news." YouTube, along with "several top...
by Danielle Elliot on Feb 09, 2009
NewsBusters Busted: George W. Bush Gaza Overlay Photo was by ABC
After ABC News overlaid an AP photo of former President George W. Bush in the corner of a Getty photo...
by Danielle Elliot on Feb 05, 2009
Reuters’ Middle East Photos: Caption Fail
The problem with media errors is that there can be the perception, if not the reality, of a bias that...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Oct 23, 2008
G. I. Joe doll was passed off as Hostage in 2005
James Joyner from Outside the Beltway said that when the hostage photograph and threat, first appeared on a website, and soon...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Sep 09, 2008
“Reuters Spread Hamas Propaganda With Fake Power Outage Photos”
Newsbusters' Warner Todd Huston writes: Last January 2008...Reuters published a staged fauxtograph with the caption... "Palestinian lawmakers attend a parliament...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Dec 10, 2007
REAL FIREPROOF DOLL… OR PLACED AFTER FIRE?
iMediaEthics launched an investigation after bloggers and others questioned the validity of a Reuters photograph that featured an unburned doll...
by Jeremy J. Miller on Dec 12, 2006
Brazilian Cat Gives Birth to Puppies? Journalistic Standards Go to the Dogs (and Cats)
Extra, extra, South American cat gives birth to puppies! That, at least, was the story being peddled last month—not on...