by Sydney Smith on Oct 15, 2014
UK Mail Uses Wrong Cute Puppy Pictures with Ebola Dog Story?
The UK Mail used pictures of a random Cavalier King Charles spaniel puppy instead of the actual dog in its...
Animals
by Sydney Smith on Jun 13, 2014
Australia’s ABC apologizes on-air for ‘dogf**ker* skit about journalist Chris Kenny
The Australian Broadcasting Corp. has apologized on air and settled a libel lawsuit over its doctored photo calling journalist Chris...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 25, 2014
Daily Mail and Telegraph reporting on BBC sheep series is Baaaaad
The UK Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph both slammed the BBC earlier this month for renting rooms at the Dalmahoy...
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...
by London Shearer Allen on Jan 25, 2014
Rabid Russian Cannibal Rats Invading the UK on a Ghost Ship?!
We have all heard of Snakes on A Plane (best worst movie ever) but the newest threat to Britain may...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 23, 2014
NYTimes’ Pig Photos Censored by Malaysian Printing Company?
The Malaysian publication of the International New York Times censored the faces of pigs Jan. 22. In October, the New...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 12, 2014
Starving Dogs Hoax Bites Media: Kim Jong-un’ Uncle Not Naked, Eaten by ‘120 Ravenous Hounds’
Hoaxes are hounding the media of late. The New York Daily News and others were outright duped while others like NBC...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 09, 2013
BBC Trust: ‘Not Acceptable’ To Fake Bear Scene in BBC Nature Documentary
The BBC was called out by its own editorial standards committee for "misleading" viewers by faking a scene in a...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 23, 2013
Monster Tortoise a Hoax: Fake, Photo from a 2006 Japanese Movie
A fake photo and story claiming that an 800-pound tortoise was discovered in the Amazon River has been making the...
by Sydney Smith on May 11, 2013
Why Journalists Shouldn’t Say ‘Shark-infested Waters,’ Guardian Readers Editor Explains
The term "shark-infested waters" is an inaccurate cliche, the Guardian readers' editor Chris Elliott argued in a May 5 column....