by Sydney Smith on Jul 01, 2014
Bribery Re-Trial for Andy Coulson, Clive Goodman, Accused of Pay-Offs to Police for Info on Royals
Andy Coulson and Clive Goodman will be re-tried for two counts of bribery related to the phone hacking scandal in...
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by Sydney Smith on Jun 30, 2014
‘Mistakes Happen,’ How Fake Quotes About Women Having Small Brains Got Published
In another cautionary tale about not checking facts, last month the Frederick News-Post in Maryland admitted that it published fake quotes...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 30, 2014
NPR Reports Hundreds of Children Buried in Irish Septic Tank, Posts Correction
Gore creates clicks; never mind if it's not fact checked. Hundreds of children were not discovered buried in a mass...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 30, 2014
Dismissed! George Zimmerman libel lawsuit against NBC fizzles
George Zimmerman's libel lawsuit against NBC has been dismissed. Zimmerman sued NBC for libel in 2012 for doctoring his 911...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 29, 2014
Toronto Star Needs Newsroom Diversity
The Toronto Star needs to do more to include diversity in its newspaper, public editor Kathy English wrote earlier this...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 28, 2014
Irish children in septic tank mass graves? AP issues mass correction
The Associated Press issued a large correction to stories earlier this month that claimed Irish children staying in a Catholic...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 28, 2014
Google NOT building a pool in East River, Wash Post Unpublished ‘flawed’ story
The Washington Post unpublished an article that reported Google was building a pool in New York City's East River. The...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 27, 2014
Look-a-Like Brazilian Soccer Coach Gave World Cup Interview, 2 Newspapers correct, apologize
Brazilian journalist Mario Sergio Conti was duped by a look-a-like soccer coach into publishing fake quotes. Conti published an interview...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 26, 2014
Irish Independent plagiarized Irish Times story
The Irish Independent plagiarized an Irish Times' article, iMediaEthics discovered. Almost all of the Independent's report is taken word-for-word from...