by Sydney Smith on May 22, 2011
BBC’s Checklist for Checking Info off Social Media Sites
Social media sites can be a good way to promote and spread news, but they are also rife with fake...
Fact Checking
by Sydney Smith on May 21, 2011
Web Sites Refuse To Take Down Fake Photo of Jake Gyllenhaal
Jake Gyllenhaal may sue over what he says is a fake photograph of him posing in his underwear, ABC.net.au reported. The photo shows...
by Sydney Smith on May 18, 2011
CNN’s iReport Runs Hoax Story, Doctored Photo Claims Rebecca Black Pregnant
CNN's iReport posted a hoax story and doctored photograph claiming that 13-year-old viral video star Rebecca Black is pregnant, Salon...
by Sydney Smith on May 16, 2011
University Accuses Medill Prof of Misleading in McKinney Case
Northwestern University has accused Medill Innocence Project professor David Protess of misleading the university about information related to the Anthony McKinney case. McKinney...
by Sydney Smith on May 12, 2011
Journalist who Faked Celeb Interviews Paid to be in Documentary about His Fabrication
Tom Kummer, a journalist who fabricated stories and "exclusives" with celebrities for German magazines, is starring in a movie about...
by Sydney Smith on May 05, 2011
Journalists Not Skeptical of bin Laden Death Reports
Related, Poynter's Adam Hochberg noted that journalists and bloggers ordinarily are skeptical of President Obama's statements, but "most of the traditional...
by Sydney Smith on May 03, 2011
Osama bin Laden Fake Corpse Photo Published by UK’s Mail, Sun, Mirror, Telegraph
Several UK newspapers fell for an old photo doctored to masquerade as Osama bin Laden's dead body, Tabloid Watch reported....
by Sydney Smith on Apr 27, 2011
CJR Fact-Checks PolitiFact
Columbia Journalism Review has stepped in as one of the latest to fact check the fact checkers at PolitiFact. A...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 26, 2011
NYT Hoaxed by Onion’s Story about Barack Obama on Tiger Beat Cover
The New York Times corrected its April 17 article on teen magazine Tiger Beat's clean image after being hoaxed by a doctored image...