by Sydney Smith on Mar 15, 2015
Russian State News Fakes Photo of Arrested Governor
Russian news agency RIA Novosti admitted it published a fake photograph of a governor named Alexander Khoroshavin, English-language Russian newspaper...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 02, 2015
CNN depicted Russia’s Putin as ISIS’s Jihadi John? Apologizes for Error
CNN used a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin when reporting on the ISIS member known as "Jihadi John," Mediaite...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 24, 2015
Russia Today, Boko Haram & ISIS? NY Times didn’t offer RT rebuttal before publishing Andrew Lack attack
Do state-funded Russian news outlet Russia Today and terrorist groups Boko Haram and ISIS belong in the same category? The...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 24, 2014
Russia’s Channel 1 Airs Fake Malaysian Airlines 17 Crash Photo
Russia's Channel 1 was hoaxed by a fake photo purporting to show the Malaysian Airlines flight 17, which crashed in...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 07, 2014
Edward Snowden Gets Relief, Permit for 3 more years in Russia
Edward Snowden, the American contract employee who leaked classified information, will get to stay for three more years in Russia....
by Sydney Smith on Jul 29, 2014
Russia Today Broadcasts Draw UK Complaints, Bias and Dead Bodies in Malaysian crash offends
UK viewers have complained to broadcast regulator OfCom about the coverage of Malaysian Airlines crash flight 17 by Russia Today....
by Sydney Smith on Jul 22, 2014
Readers slam Russian govt-sponsored news for MH17 coverage
Readers criticized Russia Beyond the Headlines over its coverage of the crash of Malaysian Airlines flight 17, Lara McCoy Roslof...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 18, 2014
‘We’re lying,’ Sara Firth quits Russia Today over Malaysia crash coverage
Russia Today reporter Sara Firth resigned this morning after accusing the state-run news channel of airing fake claims about yesterday's...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 11, 2014
BuzzFeed’s 29 Embarrassing culture errors, One wrong
BuzzFeed recently posted an article entitled "29 Embarrassing Things You Should Absolutely Avoid While Traveling Abroad." Unfortunately, BuzzFeed got one...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 24, 2014
Jimmy Kimmel’s Sochi Prank Cried Wolf, Used Lies To Discredit News Outlets, and why was ABC News in on it?
Many news outlets were hoaxed by a Jimmy Kimmel prank video of a wolf in Sochi. But, adding a twist...