List of United States journalism scandals

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Contents 1 1930s 2 1966 3 1980-1981 4 1992 5 1996 6 1998 7 2001 8 2000-2002 9 2002 10 2003 11 2004 12 2005 13 2006 14 2007 15 See also

This List of United States journalism scandals is grouped by the years in which the journalistic scandals occurred. A "scandal" here is defined by a broad consensus throughout society, occurring over a "significant" length of time (please refer to the guideline on notability). Consequently, newer events that are currently reported as "scandals" may not be included. Providing the above criteria holds, the list may contain "scandals" that are no longer considered scandalous by today's standards. Sometimes what makes a particular story a "scandal" is debatable - discussion on Wikipedia is used to reach consensus over whether to include a debatable "scandal" or not.

[edit] 1930s

• Walter Duranty in the The New York Times — Pulitzer Prize-winning "Soviet articles" reviewed

[edit] 1966

• Walter Annenberg and his Philadelphia Inquirer — False "mental hospital" smear on Milton Shapp

[edit] 1980-1981

• Janet Cooke in the Washington Post — "Jimmy's World": Fabricated profile of 8-year-old heroin addict

[edit] 1992

• The Oregonian — Missing the Packwood scandal

• Dateline NBC — "Waiting to Explode": Faked General Motors accident

[edit] 1996

• The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, NBC News and The New York Post — coverage of Richard Jewell after the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing: Trial by media

[edit] 1998

• Michael Gallagher in the The Cincinnati Enquirer — Tapping Chiquita Brands International

• Stephen Glass in the The New Republic — "Shattered Glass": Fabricated stories

• CNN NewsStand — "Valley of Death": Retracted "nerve gas" report on Operation Tailwind

• Patricia Smith in the Boston Globe — Fabricated characters

[edit] 2001

• Jay Forman in the Slate — "Monkeyfishing": Extreme sport hoax

[edit] 2000-2002

• Christopher Newton in the Associated Press — Fabricating sources

[edit] 2002

• Fox News — Joseph A. Cafasso: "The colonel who wasn't"

• Houston Chronicle — Controversial Metrorail referendum: Misplaced "story pitch"

[edit] 2003

• CNN — Newschief Eason Jordan admitted CNN's deliberate non-coverage of Saddam Hussein's human rights abuses

• The Los Angeles Times — "Gropegate": Biased reporting of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gray Davis

• Rick Bragg in the The New York Times — Taking credit for work given to interns and stringers

• Jayson Blair in the The New York Times — Plagiarism and fabrication scandal

• James Forlong on Sky News — Fabricated HMS Splendid Iraq War "missile-launching" footage

• Brian Walski in the The Los Angeles Times — Manipulated Iraq War front-page photograph

[edit] 2004

• CBS News — "The Killian Documents": Forged criticism of George W. Bush's service in the Air National Guard

• Carl Cameron on the Fox News Channel — Fabricating statements by Democratic politicians

• The Boston Globe — Fake "GI Rape" photographs

• The Oregonian — Coverage of the Goldschmidt scandal

• Jack Kelley in the USA Today — Fabricating stories

[edit] 2005

• Jeff Gannon and Talon News — Conservative-friendly non-independent "virtual" news outlet

• Eason Jordan CNN newschief — Unsubstantiated accusation that US military targeted journalists: Jordan resigns

• Bush administration payment of columnists

• Thom Calandra, MarketWatch.com — Market-manipulation "scalping" scandal

[edit] 2006

• Jack Hitt in the New York Times — "Pro-Life Nation" - Exaggerated abortion article on El Salvador

• El Nuevo Herald — "Miami anti-Castro broadcasts" - U.S. Government News Agency journalists forcibly reinstated

• Adnan Hajj at Reuters — Photo manipulation of 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict

[edit] 2007

• Jeffrey T. Kuhner and Insight — False Barack Obama "Muslim seminary" report

[edit] See also

• Journalistic scandals
• Accuracy in Media
• Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
• Journalism ethics and standards
• News propaganda
• News management
• Culture of fear
• Plagiarism
• Propaganda model