FT’s Wolf on how an impersonator appeared on social media
Andrew Deck of Nieman Lab writes about how Financial Times columnist Martin Wolf faced an impersonator on social media. Deck writes, “Increasingly frustrated, the FT reached out directly to Nick Clegg, then the president of global affairs at Meta, who Wolf knew in his past life as a British politician and member of the U.K. parliament. Within hours of […]
Digging into the fake Business Insider bylines
Scott Nover and Aaron Schaffer investigated the bylines of the Business Insider commentary pieces pulled from the website last week. Nover and Schaffer write, “Attempts to reach these authors led to outright denials and contradictory explanations that raised further questions about their identities. “Unlike most of the names associated with the withdrawn articles, Nwelue has a robust internet presence. […]
Reuters removes China video after permission withdrawn
Reuters News on Friday withdrew a four-minute video containing an exchange between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussing the possibility that humans can live to 150 years old, after China state TV demanded its removal and withdrew the legal permission to use it. A Reuters story states, “The footage, which included […]
The fake writers behind those pulled Business Insider essays
Josh Fiallo of The Daily Beast looks at the fake authors of the 34 commentary pieces on Business Insider that were pulled. Fiallo writes, “The Beast’s review found several red flags within the since-deleted essays that suggest the writing did not reflect the authors’ lived experiences. This included contradictory information in separate essays by the […]
Business Insider EIC: We’ve removed some first-person essays
Business Insider editor in chief Jamie Heller sent out the following to the staff on Tuesday: Hello, We recently learned that a freelance contributor misrepresented their identity in two first-person essays written for Business Insider. As soon as this came to light, we took down the essays and began an investigation. As part of this process, we’ve […]
Fox biz anchors Bartiromo, Dobbs helped spread false election stories
Court papers in a voting technology company’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News point to Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs and Jeanine Pirro as leaders in spreading false stories about election fraud, reports David Bauder of the Asociated Press. Bauder reports, “The court papers said Pirro also suggested ‘evidence’ of supposed fraud to Trump lawyer Sidney Powell that she […]
Newsroom integrity lesson learned at ACBJ
James Breiner, a former editor and publisher at American City Business Journals, writes about the lessons he learned at the company. Breiner writes, “Actually, my first mentor at American City Business Journals was Carole Williams, who was publisher of Business First of Columbus. She hired me to be the editor. “I came from the city’s large daily […]
The Information’s Lessin criticized for not disclosing Zuckerberg friendship
The Information founder and CEO Jessica Lessin is being criticized for not disclosing her friendship with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg during a recent interview. Taylor Herzlich of The New York Post reports, “While the pair’s friendship is well-known in most media circles, Lessin made no mention of their relationship during the interview and there was no disclosure on the […]
UnitedHealthcare sues The Guardian for defamation
UnitedHealthcare is suing The Guardian for defamation over a story related to its billing for nursing home residents, reports Maxwell Tani of Semafor. Tani reports, “In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, UnitedHealthcare said that The Guardian had knowingly published false information, and tried to capitalize on media interest in the killing of its then-CEO last year in New […]
Court rules texts between EU and Pfizer should be released
A court on Wednesday said that the European Union should not have denied a journalist’s request for text messages between the government agency and a Pfizer executive, reports Jeanna Smialek of The New York Times. Smialek reports, “The commission, the European Union’s executive arm, argued that text messages are “short-lived” by nature and do not contain important information […]
