by Sydney Smith on Jan 26, 2015
Satire Website Fools ESPN, Kei Nishikori isn’t highest paid tennis star
ESPN host Chris Fowler was duped by a fake website, MediaMass, because he failed to check his facts. Fowler reported...
Fake News
by Sydney Smith on Jan 23, 2015
It’s a fake OpEd! I did not write for China Daily, says Journo
Peter Hessler, a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, denies that he wrote a commentary comparing China and Egypt...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2015
Australian Satire Site dupes Deadspin with Olympic basketball story
Deadspin was duped by a satirical story claiming that the 2016 Olympics would have 3-on-3 basketball. The fake claims came...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 12, 2015
Charlie Hebdo Hiring? Fake Cover Photo Circulates
A photo of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo's front page circulated this week following the attack on its office. The image...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 08, 2015
Banksy didn’t do Charlie Hebdo Pencil Cartoon, News Outlets Duped
A cartoon attributed to the elusive graffiti artist Banksy responding to the attacks on Charlie Hebdo in Paris yesterday went...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Jan 05, 2015
Amal Clooney backs off claim of Egypt’s Threat of Her Arrest, Guardian stands by its story for now
Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney’s credibility has been put at risk by The Guardian. Who is telling the truth?...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 19, 2014
Top 10 Hoaxes and Fake Stories of 2014
Below, check out the top ten stories iMediaEthics covered of news outlets being duped by fake or satire stories. 10....
by Sydney Smith on Nov 30, 2014
Killer Whale not ‘ailing,’ Digital Journal Sued for $600K
The Digital Journal falsely claimed Kiska, a killer whale at Marineland, a Niagara Falls theme park and aquarium, was sick....
by Sydney Smith on Nov 15, 2014
UK Express fakes news about trouble in Queen’s granddaughter marriage, Pays for privacy invasion
The Sunday Express published false news about the marriage of Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter and, as a result, had to pay up,...