by Sydney Smith on Sep 15, 2013
ABC News’ Diane Sawyer’s 2013 Traffic Jam Story From 2010; Daily Beast, ABC Corrects
ABC News' Diane Sawyer corrected a Sept. 5, 2013 report about a traffic jam in China because the story was...
Fact Checking
by Sydney Smith on Sep 10, 2013
People Mag Publishes Pic of Wrong Woman Reportedly Dating Google’s Sergey Brin
People magazine misidentified a random woman as Google employee Amanda Rosenberg, Gawker-owned Silicon Valley blog Valleywag reported. Since late August,...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 24, 2013
Aaron Sorkin: Mother Jones’ Headline Writer ‘Lied,’ Huffington Post Doesn’t ‘Suck’
Director and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin criticized the Mother Jones website for having "lied" in a headline saying that he thinks the...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 29, 2013
Denver KDVR-TV’s Hoaxed, Gun Company Founder NOT a Terrorist, He’s Dead
Back in May, a Denver TV news station aired a fake story after being hoaxed by a source, Media Bistro's...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 27, 2013
Prince George Birth Announcement Made by Fake Royal Crier, CNN, Fox & MSNBC Wrong
Several media outlets including MSNBC, Fox News and CNN apparently jumped to conclusions in reporting that the man pictured above,...
by Rolyne Joseph on Jul 26, 2013
Tale of 2 FDNY Reporting Errors, NY Daily News vs. NY Times on Melisa Jackson
The New York Times and The New York Daily News had errors in their stories about charges being dropped against...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 25, 2013
KTVU Fires 3 Producers for Asiana Flight 214 Fake Pilot Names Error
Bay Area Fox-affiliate KTVU fired three producers who were involved in its July 12 viral mistake in reporting racist and...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 25, 2013
Ireland’s President NOT Gay, Writer calls Error ‘Inexcusable’
Forbes wrongly reported that Ireland's president Michael D. Higgins is gay, the Associated Press reported. The July 23 article described...
by London Shearer Allen on Jul 23, 2013
58 Shocking Hoax Names, Journos Beware
Media outlets have been tricked by hoax names this month: San Francisco's KTVU wrongly reported on the fake names of...