by Sydney Smith on Oct 21, 2013
2 Ways Daily Mail Fails to Hide Being Hoaxed By Fake Tweet
The Daily Mail has scrubbed an article to cover up being hoaxed by a fake Twitter account for Libyan prime...
Social Media & Online Commenting
by Sydney Smith on Oct 13, 2013
Libyan PM Ali Zidan Doesn’t Have Twitter, News Outlets Fell for Fake Tweets
Several news outlets, including the Daily Mail, Reuters and the Guardian, were hoaxed by a fake Twitter account purporting to...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 25, 2013
Navy Yard NRA Tweet Gets U Kansas Prof David Guth the Boot, Now On Leave
University of Kansas journalism associate professor David Guth was placed on "indefinite administrative leave" after a controversy surrounding his tweet...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 14, 2013
BBC Newsnight Editor Sends ‘Ill-Judged Tweet,’ Calls UK Labour Party Politician Boring
BBC Newsnight editor Ian Katz apologized for an "ill-judged tweet" about a politician's appearance on the Newsnight program. Katz's Sept. 9...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 01, 2013
No Anonymous Comments at Huffington Post, ‘Aggressive’ Comments to End Starting this month
The Huffington Post's Arianna Huffington announced August 21 that starting this month, the site is banning anonymous comments and will...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 19, 2013
TIME’s Michael Grunwald Apologizes for ‘Dumb’ Julian Assange Drone Tweet
TIME magazine senior national correspondent Michael Grunwald apologized for a "dumb" tweet about Julian Assange being killed by a drone....
by Sydney Smith on Aug 17, 2013
CNBC Corrects: George Soros Didn’t Sell JC Penney Stock [VIDEO]
CNBC incorrectly reported on air and on Twitter that billionaire George Soros sold all of his stock in J.C. Penney...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 05, 2013
AFP Bans criticism of ‘other media’ in Social Media Guideline Update
Agence France-Presse released new social media guidelines in mid-July. The guidelines call for the wire service's journalists to maintain "impartiality"...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 04, 2013
No More Anonymous Comments in North Andover Eagle-Tribune
The Eagle-Tribune, a daily newspaper in North Andover, Massachusetts, has decided to stop letting users comment anonymously, effective August 1....