Hoaxes and Media Hoax - iMediaEthics News Stories

Gay Girl in Damascus Hoax, Should News Outlets Correct Stories?

Last week, media outlets and the online community reported on the alleged kidnapping of Amina Arraf, the lesbian blogger in...

Several news outlets falsely reported that police had found up to 30 bodies buried on a property in Liberty County,...

After reporting a hoax news story, a French TV news station has accused a woman of "identity theft and impersonation,"...

A hacker published a fake news story on Canada's Conservative Party website claiming that Canada's prime minister, Stephen Harper, choked...

Forbes' Parmy Olson posted an interview with a member of Lulz Boat, the group of hackers that claimed responsibility in hacking PBS's...

What's ethically worse in the "Botox Mom" hoax story? The fact that news outlets like ABC News and the UK...

CNN's iReport posted a hoax story and doctored photograph claiming that 13-year-old viral video star Rebecca Black is pregnant, Salon...

The New York Times corrected its April 17 article on teen magazine Tiger Beat's clean image after being hoaxed by a doctored image...

Nieman Lab pointed out a flaw in URLs that led to an apology and explanation from the UK Independent. The...