by Sydney Smith on Feb 01, 2013
Elephant Polo? UK Telegraph Pays Naomi Campbell Libel $ For Fake Story
The UK Daily Telegraph paid model Naomi Campbell "undisclosed" damages over its November 3, 2012 fake story, E! Online reported....
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by Sydney Smith on Feb 01, 2013
UK Telegraph Wrong, Australian Hoaxer DJs NOT ‘Axed’ after Prank Kate Middleton Call
The Telegraph and Guardian reported conflicting information about the employment of the two Australian hoax DJs, Mel Greig and Michael...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 29, 2013
UK Times’ Netanyahu Cartoon Prompts 100+ Complaints, Murdoch Apology, Accusations of Blood Libel
News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch and the Times' editor apologized after criticism of the UK Sunday Times' Jan. 27 cartoon...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 27, 2013
Woman NOT Wanted to Make Neanderthal Clone Baby, Misquoted Harvard Prof George Church
Harvard University genetics professor George M. Church says media reports have fabricated quotes attributed to him. The sensational quotes and...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 23, 2013
‘More women than James Bond’? Fake Roger Moore Interview Hoax, UK Newspaper pays damages
Newspaper The Sunday People apologized and announced it's paying Roger Moore "damages and legal costs" after its touted September interview with...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2013
800 Complaints to the PCC, the Observer’s Transgender Column ‘Should Not Have Been Published’
A controversial column on transgender people that ran in The Observer and was later removed from its website has led to an...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 16, 2013
Mike Tyson Sex Change Hoax, Part 2: SpyGhana Lifts without Credit Story, Later Unpublishes & Corrects
The Standard was not the only media outlet to get tangled up in the Mike Tyson sex change story. SpyGhana,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2013
Mike Tyson Sex Change Hoax, Part 1: Zimbabwe’s the Standard Denies Being Tricked
Zimbabwe newspaper The Standard ran a story claiming that Mike Tyson was having a sex change. But, after news outlets...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 11, 2013
Did Indian Rape Victim’s Father Want his Daughter’s Real Name Published?
Even though some news outlets, including The People, have named the New Delhi, India rape victim who died late last month,...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Jan 07, 2013
Jared Diamond misleads UK Observer Editor: Libel lawsuit NOT dismissed, voluntarily withdrawn without prejudice
What happened to Jared Diamond’s libel lawsuit where he was sued by two Papua New Guinea tribesmen in 2009? Diamond...