How Two Hoaxes Took Down Journalistic Integrity
A catch up review of the 2006 Duke lacrosse team rape hoax story, and the 2013 UVA rape hoax and the aftermath.
Media: The report contradicts the headline
The report’s text refutes the headline. Sigh.
Media: More fake news on retirement
More fake news about retirements savings – which excludes most all of the assets many people have for retirement. Typical.
Atlantic Magazine misleads readers with fictional story presented as reality
An essay in The Atlantic describes a mother who loses a son to measles. It’s presented as a true story – except it was fake.
Media: BBC admits to misleading Great Barrier Reef story
Oops.
Media: How the media reported it versus reality check
“Irish man held in ICE says he fears for his life” and is missing his wife. Later, we learn he’s wanted on drug charges in Ireland and abandoned his kids. The story disappears from the media.
Media: Atmospheric Scientist says the Seattle Times Makes Up Climate News
An entire team of reporters at the Seattle Times “ClimateLab” and none have a degree in a STEM subject. They are all “story tellers”.
Why do “plant-based” eating stories dominate media coverage of nutrition/dieting/eating?
Media stories about “plant-based eating” are 5 to 10x more common than the percent of people who actually eat that way.
Social: The serious problem and challenge of misinformation on social media
Misinformation (things that are not true) is widespread on social media. Often heavily promoted, untrue claims become viewed as “truth”. There is no easy solution to this problem.
Europeans claim U.S. has banned 23,000 books
But it is not true. Not even close.