by Sydney Smith on Dec 02, 2016
NYTimes Op-Ed on Facebook & Fake News Needed More Disclosure, Public Editor Says
The New York Times published an op-ed calling for Facebook not to fact check after public discussion of the social...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 21, 2016
Mark Zuckerberg on How Facebook will try to Stop Fake News
After criticism of the social networking website's publication and promotion of fake news, Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg shared...
by Sydney Smith on May 09, 2016
5 Amusing Corrections from 2016
The littlest errors can significantly change the meaning of a sentence or story, but a well-written correction gets a lot...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 05, 2013
Should Bolivian Journalists Use A Dead 14-Year-Old’s Facebook Photo?
Is it OK for the news media to use a 14-year-old's photo from Facebook in reports about the minor's death?...
by Sydney Smith on May 11, 2012
Abraham Lincoln Facebook Hoaxer: ‘Virtually nobody checked with me to ask if it was True’
Blogger Nate St. Pierre, who created the hoax story that Abraham Lincoln patented Facebook, explained why he made up the...
by Sydney Smith on May 09, 2012
Abraham Lincoln Facebook Patent Hoax: Forbes Unpublishes?
A fake story that circulated online May 8 claimed that Abraham Lincoln "patented the basic idea" for Facebook with a...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 23, 2011
Daily Star, Heat Apologizes for Fake Report from Facebook Post
The UK Daily Star newspaper and Heat magazine apologized and paid damages to Garry Tweedy after wrongly claiming he "admitted...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 17, 2010
Legal vs Ethical Smackdown? Journalists Find Quote Changing ‘Grossly Unethical’
Brad A. Greenberg wrote for Get Religion criticizing Fortune magazine's article on the recent feature film The Social Network. (Get Religion...