by Sydney Smith on Feb 07, 2012
Dutch TV Denies Flesh Eating Segment a Hoax or Publicity Stunt
According to numerous international news reports, two Dutch TV hosts, Dennis Storm and Valerio Zeno, reportedly "ate each other's freshly...
Fact Checking
by Malik Ayub Sumbal , Rhonda Roland Shearer on Feb 06, 2012
Why A.Q. Khan Breaks Interview Ban for iMediaEthics, His Wrath over The Atlantic, William Langewiesche’s ‘Lies,’ The Atlantic Fact Checker’s Fail
Highlights: iMediaEthics exclusively Interviews A.Q. Khan Despite Court Ban Khan falsely accused of “brazen act of illegality” by The Atlantic,...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2012
Sports News Site: Fact Check Tweets Before Publishing Stories
Richard Greco suggested in a post on Philadelphia sports news site GCobb.com that journalists shouldn't automatically assume tweets are fact-checked...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 31, 2012
Roundup – Misreporting of Joe Paterno’s Death: Corrections, Retractions, Apologies and Social Media
As has been much documented, several media outlets misreported that former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno died Jan. 21. ...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 30, 2012
Nairobi Star Ran 2009 al Shabaab Story as News in 2012, Based Story on Tweets
The Nairobi Star's public editor Karen Rothmyer reported that the newspaper ran old news as if it were new in...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 29, 2012
PolitiFact Oregon Reverses a Ruling, Corrects Claim about Party Endorsement
PolitiFact Oregon corrected its Jan. 18 ruling that "Republican Rob Cornilles had the endorsements of a variety of local mayors,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 27, 2012
OfCom: ITV News ‘Mislead’ Viewers with Two Video Segments
OfCom ruled Jan. 23 that UK broadcaster ITV News broke OfCom standards by airing two segments with incorrect footage in September,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 25, 2012
Nigerian Govt says Advertorial has Fake News, Complaining to Press Council
Three Lagos, Nigeria government officials including Lagos' attorney general questioned an advertorial published in the Nigerian Tribune, national newspaper Leadership...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 25, 2012
PCC Rejects Julian Assange’s Autobiography Complaint
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange complained to the UK print regulatory body the Press Complaints Commission over a review of Assange's autobiography, Julian...