by Sydney Smith on Apr 10, 2011
Car Club Fans Fell for Hoax NYT Front Page
An auto club created a spoof New York Times front page with phony articles and passed it on to about...
Hoax
by Sydney Smith on Apr 05, 2011
Journalist Richard Peppiatt Admits Posing as College Student
In a panel on ethics at Goldsmiths, Richard Peppiatt, the reporter who revealed fabricating stories in his resignation letter from the...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 27, 2011
Buffalo Beast Editor Criticized by SPJ after Hoaxing Scott Walker with Prank Call
As has been widely reported, Buffalo Beast editor Ian Murphy posed as Koch Industries' executive vice president David Koch in...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2011
NYT Published Cows Fell From Planes, Duped by Urban Legend
Earlier this week, the New York Times corrected a Jan. 16 article about "drilling for oil off the coast of...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 28, 2011
The Independent Duped by Fake Twitter account for Andy Townsend
The Independent apologized to readers and a football analyst Jan. 25 for publishing quotes from a "spoof Twitter account." The...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 27, 2010
CBS News Airs Hoax Image of President Bush’s Book Cover
CBS News used a hoax image of former President George W. Bush's recent memoir, Decision Points, Fox News reported. The...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 27, 2010
iMediaEthics’ Top Media Ethics Issues of 2010
Here are iMediaEthics' picks for the top issues in journalism and media ethics during 2010. 1. Copyright Infringement: The protection of...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 18, 2010
CNN Hoaxed by Fake Tweet that Morgan Freeman Died
Morgan Freeman died? CNN and Morgan Freeman were both recently the victims of Twitter hoaxes. A fake message claiming that Morgan...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 12, 2010
Pakistani News Media Admit Hoaxed By Fake WikiLeaks Cables
Newspapers in Pakistan were hoaxed by phony WikiLeaks cables, the BBC reported. The newspapers reported information from hoax cables which presented "anti-Indian...