by Danielle Elliot on Mar 12, 2009
Kate Winslet Photo Used in Fauxtography:
World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com) reports that a British political party used fauxtography in their annual conference brochure. The doctored...
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by Danielle Elliot on Mar 11, 2009
NYDaily News Article on Accused Killer Cop Shows Perils of Constant Updating
Newspapers enter murky waters when they try to update news stories as they come in. A recent case backs up...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Mar 10, 2009
ABC News’ Exploitation of Medical Conditions?
WHY IS THE MAN WITH THE "WORLD'S LONGEST EAR HAIR" PAIRED WITH THIS YOUNG BOY WITH A HEART DEFECT? The...
by Danielle Elliot on Mar 10, 2009
Did KTVU Discover “Hydrogen Sulfide” Gas in Solid Form?
Reporters sometimes make it all too obvious that they haven’t done sufficient research before publishing a story. A routine web...
by Danielle Mastropiero on Mar 06, 2009
Snopes Duped! “World’s Tallest Woman” Photo a Fake
Snopes is a well-known, and often useful debunking web site. It is described as "The definitive Internet reference source for...
by Danielle Mastropiero on Mar 05, 2009
NY Post’s Potty Humor Given Greater Import than Accuracy
Apparently, The New York Post was more concerned about catchy consonance captions than accurately reporting the facts in a recent...
by Danielle Mastropiero on Mar 04, 2009
New Orleans Times-Picayune Report Avoided Identifying Rapist as “Black Man”
News of a New Orleans college student abducted and raped at knife-point is jarring enough. But did the gaping hole in...
by Danielle Elliot on Mar 02, 2009
Do Citizen Journalists Have Gift Tax Problem?
iMediaEthics's study on the gift tax implications of citizen journalism was the topic of a recent conversation between WBFO reporter...
by Danielle Elliot on Feb 27, 2009
Giant Snake Fauxtograph Busted:
What's a blogger to do when he or she suspects that a doctored photo is circulating the Internet? Take the...
by Danielle Elliot on Feb 26, 2009
Media Abuse of Statistics?
Here’s an article that explains the media’s “use and abuse of statistics.” Rebecca Goldin, a mathematics professor at George Mason...