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,...
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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 David W. Moore on Jan 14, 2013
iMediaEthics Gun Control Poll, Post Sandy Hook: Methodology and Topline Statement
METHODOLOGY STATEMENT AND TOPLINE This poll is part of a series of PollCheck surveys, designed by iMediaEthics and conducted by...
by David W. Moore on Jan 14, 2013
New iMediaEthics Poll: Stricter Gun Laws Wanted Post Sandy Hook?
In the aftermath of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., several polls (Pew, CNN, Huffington Post,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2013
Alabama Football or Beauty Pageant? ESPN makes Brent Musburger shut up about Katherine Webb’s good looks
ESPN apologized Jan. 8 for comments made by the network's Brent Musburger about the girlfriend of a football player shown during the...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2013
Australia’s Media Spy Hoaxed by Phony Interview with Robert Hughes, Actor Accused of Child Sex Abuse
Media Spy apologized for and unpublished a December 11 story after it published a fake interview with an actor accused...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 12, 2013
Plagiarism at Toronto Star Exposed, Chris Spence Quits School Board Job
The unraveling of a plagiarism scandal that cost Toronto District School Board’s director of education Chris Spence his job started...
by Hallie Golden , Rhonda Roland Shearer on Jan 12, 2013
ABC News Caption Refers to ‘President Biden,’ Anonymous Sources Add Doubt to Gun Ban Push
“A Senior administration official” and “some in the media” were key sources ABC News used to both undermine and defend...
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 10, 2013
Prosecutor: If Manning Leaked to New York Times, Not Wikileaks, Same Charges
In the ongoing case against Private Bradley Manning, a military prosecutor, Capt. Angel Overgaard, revealed that if the New York...