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James Frey still has accuracy issues

May 5, 2008 – 8:00 am

A story briefly published May 1 on msnbc.com about author James Frey’s interview with Vanity Fair magazine included some information that could have been unclear.
The Vanity Fair story reported that, Josh Kilmer-Purcell, a friend of Frey’s, told the magazine that Frey was sent a copy of The Smoking Gun’s 13,000-word report on the discrepencies in [...]

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That’s a lot of drunken students

March 18, 2008 – 8:00 am

A March 14 story about spring break incorrectly stated that Fort Lauderdale had 7.8 billion visitors in 2001. The correct figure was 7.8 million. Link

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False hope for Packers fans

January 22, 2008 – 8:00 am

For a brief period on Jan. 20, a headline in the msnbc.com top headlines feed incorrectly stated that the New York Giants would face the Green Bay Packers in the Super Bowl. The Giants will play the New England Patriots. Link

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But that’s all we’re telling you

January 2, 2008 – 8:00 am

For a brief period on Dec. 20, msnbc.com misstated the chances of an asteroid’s collision with Mars. Link

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UPDATED: WNBC names wrong names in baseball scoop

December 17, 2007 – 8:00 am

Last week’s release of the Mitchell report about the use of performance enhancing drugs in baseball gave rise to some incorrect reporting. Several news websites thought they had received a list of the players named in the report and chose to publish it ahead of the report’s release. The Smoking Gun offers the background on [...]

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Fun with photos

December 10, 2007 – 8:00 am

A photograph of a Gate Gourmet truck used in a Dec. 3 column about in-flight meals was a file photo intended to illustrate airline meal services. It was not meant to infer fault or involvement by the airline catering company itself. The photo has been removed. Link
MSNBC.com made a similar correction in November.

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Just some random trucks*

November 22, 2007 – 8:00 am

A photo of trucks on a Texas highway that ran in a Nov. 1 story about drug testing of truck drivers could have been construed as related to the problems discussed in the story. In fact, it was a file photograph meant solely to show several big trucks on a busy highway. Any recognizable truck [...]

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But that’s all we’re telling you

November 1, 2007 – 8:00 am

For a brief period on Thursday, Oct. 31., msnbc.com published an incorrect headline about the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower its benchmark overnight rate a quarter-point. Link

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MSNBC.com removes story that plagiarized from About.com

February 7, 2007 – 8:00 am

An Editor’s Note:
A story published in the business section of MSNBC.com Feb. 1 on how to sell a home in the slow winter season contained material that was substantially similar to an article on the same topic previously published on About.com.
The story, which was submitted by an MSNBC.com contributor, has been removed from the [...]

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Paper misidentifies man as accused priest

October 23, 2006 – 8:00 am

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune has had to run a correction after it ran a photo of a librarian and identified him as the priest former Rep. Mark Foley said he was sexually assaulted by. (See our Foley corrections collection here.) The Associated Press uncovered the error. The correction:
Herald-Tribune corrects photo with Foley story: The Herald-Tribune published [...]

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Boy falsely claims to have been in classroom when gunman entered, fools Today, Good Morning America, CBS Early Show etc.

September 28, 2006 – 10:05 pm

A boy named Cassidy Grigg made the rounds of the morning shows Thursday, hitting the Today show on NBC, The Early Show on CBS, and Good Morning America on ABC. He said he was in the Colorado classroom when gunman Duane Morrison entered. Morrison eventually took six girls hostage and murdered one before killing himself. [...]

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Oops, she didn’t say that

March 22, 2005 – 8:00 am

Looks like fake quotes have, like, struck again, this time in a Washington Post “Names & Faces” column:
The March 18 Names & Faces column included a quote that was
attributed to Britney Spears via Allure magazine. The quote was
actually a spoof, written by a Philadelphia Daily News reporter, of an
Allure interview with Spears. The spoof was [...]

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