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As it turns out, however, the real Ammon Bundy doesn't even operate a Twitter account, according to MSNBC reporter Tony Dokoupil. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Oops: NY Daily News punked by fake Nevada rancher tweet

Becket Adams · January 6, 2016 10:00 pm

(Screen shot of now-deleted Tweet from Alexander Nazaryan's Twitter account)

Newsweek apologizes after writer compared Cruz to Nazis

Becket Adams · January 6, 2016 7:31 pm

The Washington Post's fact checker clarified Wednesday afternoon that he had not been fooled by a parody Twitter account. (Screenshot)

WaPo’s fact checker: No, I wasn’t tricked by a parody tweet

Becket Adams · January 6, 2016 6:00 pm

President Obama and his team want to make sure that anyone who sells a gun must first be licensed and perform a background check. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Media bungle Obama’s gun control move

Becket Adams · January 6, 2016 5:01 am

Chris Matthews’ Hillary interview was one big wet kiss

Becket Adams · January 6, 2016 2:50 am

"[I]t sounds like people looking for a reason for a showdown," said Fox News host Sean Hannity. (AP Photo/Kevin Cederstrom)

Former Bundy ally Sean Hannity blasts Oregon action

Becket Adams · January 4, 2016 9:00 pm

NBC reporter tweets contact info of Clinton heckler

Becket Adams · January 4, 2016 7:00 pm

Buzzfeed reported incorrectly that Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy had filed a "bizarre" handwritten lawsuit against President Obama in 2014. (AP Photo/John Locher)

BuzzFeed punked by bogus Bundy lawsuit

Becket Adams · January 4, 2016 6:00 pm

The media’s seven worst misquotes of conservatives in 2015

Becket Adams · January 1, 2016 5:01 am

The Daily Caller had reported that Salon deleted the article after it learned that a devout Muslim has been charged with setting fire to the Islamic Center of Houston on Christmas Day. (Photo courtesy of screen shot)

Salon article criticized after Muslim arrested over mosque burning

Becket Adams · December 31, 2015 7:59 pm

The 164-year-old newspaper will go into the New Year leaving behind a trail of mistakes and embarrassing flubs. (Andrew Burton/Bloomberg News)

The New York Times’ top seven fails of 2015

Becket Adams · December 31, 2015 5:01 am

Newspaper editor blames TV for Trump’s lead in the polls

Becket Adams · December 30, 2015 9:20 pm