by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2019
South Africa site falls for fake Zuma fiancee Twitter
South Africa's News 24 fell for a fake Twitter account posing as the fiancee of former president Jacob Zuma. News...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 10, 2019
Seattle Fox affiliate axes editor over altered Trump video
Seattle Fox-affiliate Q13 fired an editor after the station aired an altered video of Pres. Donald Trump's recent Oval Office...
by Sydney Smith , Sydney Smith on Jan 10, 2019
Sydney Morning Herald used photo of wrong person with nail gun attack story
The Sydney Morning Herald made an end-of-year error when it published a picture of the wrong man. Akaash Narayan is...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 05, 2018
NPR adds editor’s note on Donald Trump Jr. Russia project
NPR added a lengthy editor's note to its Nov. 30 news report about former Pres. Donald Trump's fixer Michael Cohen...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 14, 2018
German edition of Playboy Misquoted Ennio Morricone
Germany's edition of Playboy published an interview with film composer Ennio Morricone, but Morricone denies he said what the magazine...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 13, 2018
Stan Lee died, not Spike Lee. New Zealand Newspaper botched front page
New Zealand newspaper The Gisborne Herald published a front-page teaser claiming that the film director Spike Lee died. Spike Lee...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 08, 2018
Houston Chronicle: 122 Sources can’t be found, 8 Mike Ward stories retracted
The Houston Chronicle completed its review of former reporter Mike Ward's work. In it, the newspaper revealed that it couldn't...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 24, 2018
Suspicious package NOT sent to White House, CNN, Reuters update
While suspicious packages and bombs were sent to a variety of locations this week -- including the house of former...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 12, 2018
A day after Trump’s op-ed, USA Today publishes fact check
A day after publishing an op-ed by Pres. Donald Trump, USA Today separately published a fact check of the op-ed....