by Sydney Smith on Jul 01, 2011
Esquire Sued for $285 Million+ Over Parody
World Net Daily's Joseph Farah and Jerome Corsi are suing Esquire over its article alleging Farah was retracting Corsi's birther...
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by Sydney Smith on Jul 01, 2011
Gay Girl in Damascus Hoaxes Again?
iMediaEthics wrote last month when the lesbian blogger Amina Arraf of "Gay Girl in Damascus" was revealed as a hoax sock-puppet...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 01, 2011
Israeli Video Blog a Marketing Hoax?
A video blog from a man named Marc Pax "claiming to be an American gay rights activist" turned out to be...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 30, 2011
Serbia TV News Station Apologizes for Propaganda, Insult, Slander & Hate Speech
A Serbian TV station has apologized to the Yugoslavian people for acting as a "tool" for Slobodan Milosevic's propaganda, Isaintel.com...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 30, 2011
Why Johann Hari Lifting Quotes from Books, Other News Outlets is Problem
The Independent's Johann Hari has admitted to using quotes from books and other news outlets without attribution. But it's not as...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 29, 2011
WaPo Ombud Weighs in on Jose Vargas Essay admitting he’s an Illegal Immigrant
Jose Antonio Vargas revealed in a New York Times essay that he is an illegal immigrant and that he used...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 29, 2011
Is Speculative, Photoshopped Princess Diana Report Distasteful?
Newsweek Photoshopped a picture of the late Princess Diana into a photo of Kate Middleton and featured a cover story...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 28, 2011
Colo HS Principal Admits Plagiarism? Newspaper Program To Continue Next Year
iMediaEthics wrote about Colorado high school, Overland High School, earlier this year when reports surfaced that its principal, Leon Lundie, removed...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 28, 2011
Hacking group LulzSec that took down PBS Quits
LulzSec, the hacking group that hacked into PBS's website and posted a fake Tupac Shakur story among other antics, broke up...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 28, 2011
White House ‘Fact Checks the Fact Checkers’?
The White House's communications director, Dan Pfeiffer, criticized the Washington Post's fact checking of President Barack Obama's statements on the U.S....