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Washington Post sports writer Mike Wise suspended after hoax tweet
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| by Sydney Smith, StinkyJournalism.org |
September 02, 2010 08:01 am EST
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| Mike Wise, a Washington Post sports writer, was suspended for the above tweet, a fake news update to an ongoing sports story. (Credit: Twitter) |
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Washington Post sports columnist Mike Wise was given a 30-day suspension after knowingly tweeting fake information. His Twitter bio identifies him as a columnist for The Post and he has more than 3,500 followers. Wise is just the latest of many reporters discliplined for their online postings. Others include The Washington Post's Dave Weigel and CNN's Octavia Nasr.
Wise tweeted a hoax message that Pittsburgh Steelers...Go to full story
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The Atlantic criticizes HuffPost for being duped by satire site & not admitting error
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| by Sydney Smith, StinkyJournalism.org |
August 24, 2010 06:25 am EST
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| Screenshot detail shows Huffington Post's updated version of its article that originally critiqued ChristWire's satirical article. (Credit: Huffington Post) |
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The Atlantic Wire's John Hudson called out the Huffington Post Aug 19 for treating a satirical article as news and not being transparent in its corrections.
According to Hudson, Huffington Post's Katla McGlynn criticized a joke article "Is my Husband Gay?" as if it were a serious, not a satirical article. The article was published Aug 14 on ChristWire.org, which labels itself "Conservative Values for the Unsaved World." While the...Go to full story
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Bloggers Spot Incorrect Wikipedia Information in UK's The Independent's Story
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| by Sydney Smith, StinkyJournalism.org |
August 19, 2010 07:53 am EST
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| Blogger Kat Arney and online technology publication The Register both scanned in The Independent's brief on The Big Chill festival, which featured information likely from Wikipedia. (Credit: Kat Arney) |
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Is Wikipedia a legitimate source for news information? The user-submitted and -edited website sometimes provides a comprehensive summary of an event or topic, but the site isn't perfect, as a recent brief story in The Independent indicates.
The brief, published Aug. 7 in The Independent, was an advance story about The Big Chill music festival. The story ended with this incorrect statement: "The Big Chill was founded in 1994 as the Wanky Balls...Go to full story
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NY Post deletes incorrect liver transplant story after page 2 correction
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| by Sydney Smith, StinkyJournalism.org |
August 17, 2010 06:42 am EST
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| The New York Post published an article on July 26 that claimed Johnny Concepcion, a man accused of killing his wife, had a liver transplant at New York Presbyterian Hospital. The hospital says it's untrue. See the Post article in a screenshot from Google Cache. |
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An unusually large correction with a big font headline ran on page 2 in the print edition of the New York Post July 28 and online.
The New York Post published a false story, July 26, that claimed notorious Johnny Concepcion, accused of killing his wife over the Fourth of July weekend, got a liver transplant at a New York hospital.
The story was quickly picked up and re-reported by many mainstream media outlets including Forbes, MSNBC, CBS...Go to full story
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Epoch Times Claims Chinese Govt Behind Fake Photo It Published
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| by Sydney Smith, StinkyJournalism.org |
August 16, 2010 07:35 am EST
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| See above an AFP/Getty Image of the actual Nanjing disaster. Independent news outlet The Epoch Times claims that the Chinese government provided it with an inaccurate photo of the disaster. (Credit: AFP/Getty Images/Epoch Times) |
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In a recent news story, independent news outlet The Epoch Times accused the Chinese government of attempting to discredit its reporting and suppress media coverage of a late July factory explosion.
The Epoch Times is an online and print newspaper considered critical of the Chinese government. It is based in New York with reporters around the world and its website says that it is a privately held media company.
The newspaper was...Go to full story
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UnPublishing? WaPo Public Editor addresses requests to remove content
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| by Sydney Smith, StinkyJournalism.org |
August 12, 2010 08:15 am EST
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| Andrew Alexander, the public editor for The Washington Post, discusses unpublishing in a recent column and blog post. (Credit: The Washington Post) |
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COMMENTARY
The Washington Post's public editor Andrew Alexander is the latest to weigh in on the unpublishing debate. "Unpublishing" is the word used to describe removing a story or part of a story from a news organization's website.
In early August, Alexander wrote in both his column and blog about some of the questions news organizations face with unpublishing requests and the need for news organizations to...Go to full story
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Anthony Davis, Basketball Player May Sue Chicago Sun-Times
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| by Sydney Smith, StinkyJournalism.org |
August 10, 2010 08:08 am EST
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| The Chicago Sun-Times' articles claiming Anthony Davis, Jr. (pictured above) had made a financial commitment with the University of Kentucky have resulted in threats of legal action and questions of journalism ethics. (Credit: ESPN web page, detail from screen shot) |
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The Chicago Sun-Times is under fire for its publication of two anonymously sourced reports that the University of Kentucky intended to pay a commitment fee to a high school basketball player from Chicago, Anthony Davis, Jr. Davis is the 12th-ranked player for college recruitment and is currently in the process of recruitment and picking a college.
If the story were true, it would be against National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules and would be...Go to full story
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Slate Criticized for Critique of Politico's Corrections
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| by Sydney Smith, StinkyJournalism.org |
August 04, 2010 08:18 am EST
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| This detail from a screenshot shows Slate's article requesting corrections by Politico...The article now has its own corrections. |
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Slate published July 20 an article critiquing Politico for not disclosing corrections.
However, the Slate article, by Jeremy Singer-Vine, itself, now features a handful of corrections. And, it turns out Slate's own corrections policy also would have allowed the non-disclosure of almost all of the same corrections they called out in Politico in the first place. Columbia Journalism Review quoted Michael Newman, the Slate editor ...Go to full story
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Blogger calls out Bloomberg News for misinterpreted poll, lack of correction
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| by Sydney Smith, StinkyJournalism.org |
July 31, 2010 08:22 am EST
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| Blogger Josh Nelson called out Bloomberg News for misinterpreting this poll. (Credit: Bloomberg) |
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Josh Nelson wrote July 19 on his blog EnviroKnow that Bloomberg News "refuses to correct" a "blatantly false" story about a ban on offshore oil drilling.
Nelson is a blogger, activist and communications consultant, his website says. He is a new media manager at public affairs firm The Hatcher Group and blogs about sustainability politics on EnviroKnow.
Nelson blogged that he analyzed on July 15 a July 14...Go to full story
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UK's Daily Star Apologizes, Pays Damages after Publishing Hoax Story
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| by Sydney Smith, StinkyJournalism.org |
July 30, 2010 06:42 am EST
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| This Daily Star article (since removed from The Star website, but available via screenshot on Destructoid) was based on a hoax. The Daily Star issued an apology, admitting it did not attempt to verify or seek comment from Rockstar Games. (Credit: Destructoid) |
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British newspaper The Daily Star published an apology July 24 for a July 21 hoax it printed about Rockstar Games, the company that makes the Grand Theft Auto video games.
Video gaming website Joystiq wrote July 24 that Rockstar Games' forthcoming game, that turned out to be a hoax, was based on Raoul Moat's July "shooting rampage."
In real life, Moat shot his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in early July, The Telegraph reported. Seven...Go to full story
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