by Sydney Smith on Dec 16, 2019
Free Beacon names wrong Time Person of the Year
The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative news site, wrongly reported who Time magazine's Person of the Year would be. The...
Fact Checking
by Sydney Smith on Dec 13, 2019
BBC Calls 1st Black Woman who won Booker Prize ‘Another Author’
The BBC called Bernardine Evaristo "another author." But she isn't just another autor. She is the first black woman to...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 10, 2019
SC newspaper falls for fake interview
South Carolina's Morning News was duped by a fake interview. In a Dec. 3 retraction, SCNow.com reported that it had...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 05, 2019
NYT: R. Kelly girlfriend posts may be fake
The New York Times published an article about one of R. Kelly's girlfriends, Joycelyn Savage, and her alleged online posts...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 03, 2019
Meghan Markle says Mail on Sunday stories about yoga studio, bathtub, soundproofing fake
Meghan Markle is suing the Mail on Sunday for "untrue" stories claiming she and Prince Harry spent half a million...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 27, 2019
Sky News names wrong man as Kenya Airways stowaway
Sky News unpublished an article that identified the wrong man as the stowaway who fell out of a Kenya Airways...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 18, 2019
NYT Editor’s Note: ISIS Receipts May not Be Real
The New York Times reported on documents that may not be authentic. The article, published Oct. 30, reported on eight...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 19, 2019
ABC News’ Turkish attack video was actually Kentucky gun show footage
ABC News used a video of a Kentucky gun show and claimed it was a Turkish attack in northern Syria....
by Sydney Smith on Sep 27, 2019
Oops! Russia Today map says Japan is next to Australia
Russian state-owned broadcaster RT, formerly known as Russia Today, broadcast a map that mislabeled Japan, South Korea and Australia. The...