Wired Amends Stories With Fabricated Quotes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday May 10, 2005 @06:40AM from the not-a-good-day-for-online-news dept.

SiliconEntity writes "Wired Online has been forced to correct dozens of stories in the wake of disclosures that reporter Michelle Delio may have fabricated quotes. Wired has published over 700 stories by Delio since 2000, and in a review of 160 of the most recent ones, 24 were found to have quotes that could not be confirmed. Several of the Wired stories being questioned were discussed on Slashdot, including Spyware on My Machine? So What?, Minniapple's Mini Radio Stations, The Masters of Memory Lane, and probably many more. Wired is not the only one to get burned; MIT Technology Review and InfoWorld have also had to retract or alter stories written by Delio." Update: 05/10 19:20 GMT by Z : Altered to clarify Wired's actions.

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I am a consumer of fake-news and like it. by Proudrooster · 2005-05-10 07:37 · Score: 0, Troll

As a fan of "The Daily Show" and all the fake-news put out by the Bush Adminstration, I have grown to love fake news. It is much more interesting and all the opinions, quotes, and facts always support the story. I say keep the fake news coming. It definately keeps life interesting, plus I don't have to watch the lame-local anchor man, who hasn't researched an original story in years. The local news stations just play propoganda aka fake-news tapes put out by government and the AP. It is so much better. :)