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...
Fact Checking
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 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...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 09, 2012
Daily Mail Wrongly Says Man Dead, Calls it a ‘Simple Misunderstanding’
When a newspaper mistakenly reports the death of a person who is still alive, a prominent correction, at the very...
by Wasim Ahmad on Dec 05, 2012
Getty Scrubs Caption Error, College Journalist NOT Occupy Wall Street Protestor, But No Correction
Journalism schools are increasingly pushing the "Teaching Hospital" model of learning -- learn by doing, not in a classroom. So...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer , Sydney Smith on Dec 05, 2012
CNN Misquotes Billionaire Saying Mitt Romney ‘Level-Headed Buy’
CNN's typo in a quote about Mitt Romney significantly changed the meaning of the comment, made by billionaire John Catsimatidis. ...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 29, 2012
Leveson Report Released: Phone Hacking, Transparency, Ethics Standards, Accuracy, Bias, Media Regulation Addressed
A year after the first witness spoke at the Leveson Inquiry into press standards and practices, Lord Justice Brian Leveson...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 27, 2012
Chinese Communist Party’s Newspaper Reports on Onion Story Naming Kim Jong-Un World Sexiest Man as Fact
Chinese newspaper People's Daily reported as fact satire site The Onion's report naming North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un the Sexiest...