by Sydney Smith on Mar 15, 2013
What a Freedom of Information Request Reveals about NYPost, NYDaily News Reporting
The New York Daily News and New York Post had conflicting reports about a teacher and her alleged affair with...
Fact Checking
by Sydney Smith on Mar 14, 2013
Was Times of London Hoaxed by French Satire story on Qatar Dream Football League?
The Times of London denied that it was hoaxed by a French satire article, but the evidence against the paper...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer , Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2013
NY Daily News vs. NY Post Fact Wars? Was teacher impregnated by 17- or 18-year-old student?
iMediaEthics finds it frustrating that New York daily tabloids frequently present glaring contradictory facts that are rarely corrected. As an...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2013
Fake Neanderthal Clone Baby Story Still Out There? When will Media Admit Error
Fox News has owned up and disclosed to readers that it included bad information in a Jan. 21 post about...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 12, 2013
Paul Krugman Bankruptcy Tale Lost in Translation? Daily Currant’s Satire Story Duped Breitbart.com
Breitbart.com unpublished a story after being hoaxed by a satire site's story that had claimed New York Times columnist Paul Krugman...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 05, 2013
Was Daily Mail Hoaxed by Fake Bashid Mclean Twitter Account?
Was the UK Daily Mail hoaxed by a fake Twitter account purporting to be Bashid Mclean, the New York man...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 02, 2013
Anonymous sources cited for Clive Davis ‘fact checking’ of Kelly Clarkson? Really?
ESPN site Grantland questioned Sony Music's Chief Creative Officer Clive Davis' claim of fact checking in his recently published memoir. ...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 02, 2013
Why Transcripts Might Not Match NPR Programs, Ombudsman Explains
Ever wonder why a National Public Radio transcript might not match what you heard on a program? NPR ombudsman Edward...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 01, 2013
NBC: We ‘Fairly and accurately reported’ on George Zimmerman’s 911 Trayvon Martin Call
NBC has responded to George Zimmerman's lawsuit arguing that it "fairly and accurately reported" on him in its stories on...