by Sydney Smith on Nov 07, 2013
Toronto Star Paid $5K for Video of Drunk Rob Ford Talking about Killing Someone
The Toronto Star paid a source an undisclosed amount of money for a video of a Toronto mayor Rob Ford,...
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by Sydney Smith on Nov 07, 2013
Washington Times Fires Senator Rand Paul For Plagiarism
The Washington Times won't let Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) write anymore after it found plagiarism in one of his weekly...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 06, 2013
90s TV ‘Full House’ Sequel Fake, Yahoo News Fact Check Fail
Yahoo News and others were hoaxed by a fake report that the cast of 90s TV show Full House would...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 06, 2013
Where is Garden State Plaza Mall? Conflicting Reports from News Outlets
Where, oh where, is the Garden State Plaza Mall? The shopping mall was on lockdown Nov. 4 after reports of...
by David W. Moore on Nov 06, 2013
Fox News Poll Question: Obamacare Rollout – ‘Fine,’ ‘A Joke’… Or Something Else?
There are very few people who, paying even a smidgeon of attention to the news, could conscionably characterize the rollout...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 05, 2013
‘Is it even worth covering media mistakes?’ Politico asks
In response to breaking news errors in reporting on last week's shooting at Los Angeles airport, Politico's Dylan Byers asked...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 04, 2013
4 Errors in Slate’s Report on BuzzFeed Foreign News
Slate added a long correction on an article about BuzzFeed "going multilingual." The Slate article, by Evgeny Morozov, is titled:...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 03, 2013
4 More Los Angeles Airport Shooting Corrections
Several news outlets made errors -- and quickly posted corrections in reporting on the shooting at Los Angeles airport Nov....
by Sydney Smith on Nov 02, 2013
NYT Error, Tweets Not From Al-Shabab
The New York Times wrongly quoted from a Twitter account it thought was associated with al-Shabab on its report on...