Crocodiles, Ken Jeong and exploding hand sanitizer: Top 5 fact-checks from the CoronaVirusFacts Alliance
A poll out last week from Gallup and the Knight Foundation showed that 78% of…
May 18, 2020
Hoaxes
We’ve published more than 5,000 fact-checks about the coronavirus. Here are the 5 most popular
Last week, the CoronaVirusFacts Alliance database grew to over 5,000 fact-checks. The International Fact-Checking Network…
May 12, 2020
Hoaxes about Greta Thunberg go after her family, image and activism. But why?
Like a tsunami following an earthquake, waves of misinformation, conspiracy theories and hoaxes have come…
September 30, 2019
Preparing for the worst: How to stay ready for the next big viral hoax
This article was originally published on FactCheckingDay.com for International Fact-Checking Day on April 2. After every breaking news event,…
May 11, 2018
Online hoaxes about the Catalan referendum concentrated on police action in Barcelona
It wasn’t long after Catalonia voted for independence that fake news and online hoaxes started…
October 4, 2017
Rolling Stone didn’t contact the men it accused of rape
Good morning. Here are 10 media stories. Why didn't Rolling Stone contact frat boys it…
December 2, 2014
N.Y. tabs met in secret lovenest
Good morning. Here are 10 media stories, then let's get to the weekend. A New…
October 24, 2014
White House tried to squash fainting-intern story
Good morning. Here are 10 media stories. White House edits pool reports: The White House…
September 24, 2014
Florida newspaper runs photo of ‘two-headed alligator’
TBT, the tabloid publication of the Poynter-owned Tampa Bay Times, may have been duped by…
June 30, 2014
Editor: Columnist pranked by ‘Breaking Bad’ plot ‘treats all letters as sincere’
Winnipeg Free Press advice columnist Miss Lonelyhearts was fooled by a letter that attributed plot…
May 6, 2014
Jimmy Kimmel: It’s ‘easy’ to fool the media
Re/Code In an interview from Austin, Texas, Peter Kafka asked Jimmy Kimmel about his hoax…
March 11, 2014
Justin Bieber hoax snares numerous outlets
iMediaEthics CNN, Gawker and The Atlanta Journal Constitution were among the media outlets who fell…
February 24, 2014
Reporter falls for source with fake juvenile name, other Gannett properties print it
iMediaEthics Fourteen Gannett properties ran a quote from "Howie Felterbush" about the George Zimmerman verdict,…
October 21, 2013
Why Tablet paid an author who tried to hoax it
Tablet The Hebrew sci-fi classic "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" was fake and fake and…
October 16, 2013
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