by Sydney Smith on Jan 02, 2013
Is Mitt Romney a Multi-Billionaire? Ask the AFP
Billionaire, millionaire, same difference? Agence France Presse misidentified former U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney as a "multi-billionaire" when he's really...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 01, 2013
Fmr. Pres. George H.W. Bush Alive, But Der Spiegel Published Obit
Der Spiegel apologized after reporting former U.S. president George H. W. Bush had died. Bush has been in the hospital recently...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 31, 2012
Is Randi Zuckerberg the Brother or Sister of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg?
Mediaite misidentified Randi Zuckerberg as Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg's brother in a story about a private photo of the Zuckerberg...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 24, 2012
NYPost Hoaxed by Fake Ryan Lanza Facebook, Huffington Post Unpublishes
The New York Post was tricked by a fake Facebook page for Ryan Lanza, the brother of Adam Lanza, the gunman...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 19, 2012
Mediaite Headline had Wrong Name for Accused Oregon Mall Shooter
The headline for a Mediaite story about a shooting-suicide in a Portland, Oregon shopping mall last week contained a glaring error --...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 17, 2012
Media Mess-Ups: Who’s Who of Sandy Hook School Shooting Reporting Errors, Part 1
The media made several major errors, including using the wrong photo, naming the wrong shooter, and reporting that the shooter's...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 16, 2012
Top 10 Photo Fails: 2012’s Wrong & Fake Photos
10) The Sunday Times Runs 2008 Doctored Photo in 2012 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="465"] (Credit: Sunday Times, screenshot)[/caption] In July, the...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 14, 2012
Jack Abramoff Not Eating Sushi? Jewish Press Retracts, Unpublishes
According to a Dec. 12 retraction, The Jewish Press apologized for a recent blogpost about Jack Abramoff, the former lobbyist...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 14, 2012
CNN: We didn’t air Wrong photo with Connecticut School Shooting
CNN's Matt Dornic told iMediaEthics that the reports that CNN aired the wrong photo of the alleged Connecticut school shooter...