by Sydney Smith on Sep 12, 2011
Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority Explains Complaints Process
Last week, iMediaEthics wrote about the two Hong Kong journalists who resigned after the station, Asia Television Ltd, aired a fake...
Fact Checking
by Sydney Smith on Sep 07, 2011
Two Hong Kong Journalists Resign after Station Reports Fake News
Even though a Hong Kong TV news station apologized for its fake report that a former Chinese president died, two...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 27, 2011
CNN’s iReport Advises on Fact Checking, Sourcing
A recent report from CNN's "eight-week series about storytelling and reporting skills, iReport Boot Camp, focused on fact checking and sourcing....
by Sydney Smith on Aug 22, 2011
Toronto Star Apologizes after Fake Quote from Canucks GM in Rick Rypien’s Death Story
The Toronto Star has apologized after publishing a misquote in a news story about Vancouver Canucks player Rick Rypien's death,...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 18, 2011
AFP Retracts Story Linking Le Monde Fiction Story with French Stock Selling
Agence France-Presse (AFP) retracted a story suggesting that French newspaper Le Monde was "the source of false information that has...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 14, 2011
CNN Corrects After John Walker Lindh’s Father Lobbies Media Bugs
CNN has corrected its 2009 report labeling John Walker Lindh as a "convicted terrorist" after his father, Frank Lindh, submitted a correction request to Media...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 14, 2011
Did Washington State Newspaper Fact-Check? No Corrections after 2 People Wrongly Listed as Murdered?
The Tri-City Herald incorrectly reported that a woman named Cheri Taylor was murdered, Seattle TV news station KOMO reported. The...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 12, 2011
New ‘Editorial Principles’ at Brazilian Media Company
Brazilian media company Grupo Globo has published new "editorial principles," according to the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas....
by Sydney Smith on Aug 08, 2011
Is Gold-Plated Super Yacht Story Fake?
Motorboat and Yachting magazine reported in late July that a "£3 billion golden superyacht story" is a fake. The superyacht...