by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2012
AP Updates Social Media Guidelines Again
The Associated Press announced Jan. 17 that it has published an "update of the social media guidelines that were last...
Social Media & Online Commenting
by Sydney Smith on Jan 17, 2012
Huffington Post’s Twitter Hacked
Huffington Post's Twitter account (@HuffingtonPost) was hacked Jan. 15, according to Mediaite. Tweets posted by the hackers were later deleted...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 04, 2012
Wendi Deng Twitter account Fake, Associated Press Corrects, Guardian Unpublishes
Over the weekend, two high-profile Twitter accounts garnered a good bit of attention -- @RupertMurdoch and @Wendi_Deng. However, only one...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 03, 2012
Rupert Murdoch Joins Twitter
Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corp., joined Twitter earlier this week, the Associated Press confirmed. The AP reported that News...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 31, 2011
Fake Story on Social Media, News Comments Section Claimed Firefighters Killed
The Lancashire Evening Post unpublished a comment claiming two firefighters had died, the newspaper noted in a Dec. 26 story...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 31, 2011
Times of South Africa Tweets Fake News, Deletes Tweet, Apologizes
South African newspaper The Times apologized for "tweeting an inaccurate report that former President Nelson Mandela had been hospitalised," the...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 01, 2011
Former Irish Presidential Candidate Complains over RTE Airing Fake Tweet Accusations, Questions RTE Fact-Checking, Verification
A failed candidate for Ireland's presidency accused RTE of violating journalism standards because it aired seemingly unverified claims from a...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 25, 2011
PCC: Pic from Facebook Not OK to Publish
After two newspapers published a photo of a teenaged girl "in a bathing costume hugging her father" without the family's...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 23, 2011
Daily Star, Heat Apologizes for Fake Report from Facebook Post
The UK Daily Star newspaper and Heat magazine apologized and paid damages to Garry Tweedy after wrongly claiming he "admitted...