by Sydney Smith on Jul 24, 2013
Hong Kong Journalist Quits, Says South China Morning Post Tampered with Her Quotes
Hong Kong journalist Liu Yi quit the South China Morning Post alleging the newspaper changed quotes from an interview, The...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 25, 2013
Oops, Chinese News Media Publish Fake Photo of Bogus Time Magazine Cover
Chinese "state-run" news agency Xinhua published a fake picture purporting to show recently deceased politician Wu Renbao on the cover...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 27, 2012
Hoaxes, Fake Quotes & Fake Stories: Best of 2012
10) CNBC hoaxed by email interview about NBA Escorts Seven months after his story claiming escort services were financially suffering...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 27, 2012
Chinese Communist Party’s Newspaper Reports on Onion Story Naming Kim Jong-Un World Sexiest Man as Fact
Chinese newspaper People's Daily reported as fact satire site The Onion's report naming North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un the Sexiest...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 17, 2012
Chinese Newspaper Apologizes for Photoshopping Taiwan’s Flag out of Picture
China's Xiamen Daily Photoshopped an August 16 front-page photo to replace the Taiwanese flag with a Chinese flag, visual journalist...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 03, 2012
China’s Metropolis Times: Sorry for Saying Teen Athlete was ‘Shameful’
China's The Metropolis Times apologized for calling a Chinese teenager competing at the Olympics "the most shameful defeat for Chinese...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 02, 2012
Chinese State Media Accuses ‘West’ of Bias, ‘Prejudice’ in Olympic Coverage
Chinese state-run Xinhua News Agency claimed "Western writers" reporting on Chinese Olympic athletes contains "prejudice against Chinese athletes," the Associated...
by Sydney Smith on May 24, 2012
Chinese TV Host’s Social Media Posts Call for Gov to ‘clean out the foreign trash’
Chinese TV host Yang Rui claims ChinaGeeks.org editor Charlie Custer "damaged his reputation" by claiming Yang was xenophobic for a...
by Sydney Smith on May 12, 2012
China Government Newspaper Calls for Int’l Media to Follow Ethics
China's Communist Party's newspaper Global Times called for the international media to "take an objective and balanced view toward the...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 28, 2012
News Outlets Report Satire Quote about China Censoring Titanic Nude Scenes as Fact
A satire post on Chinese social media prompted fake news stories about Chinese censors, who took out "the scene of...