http://www.talkingbiznews.com/1/fake-bank-of-america-release-targets-dow-jones-wsj/ Information about business journalism, from the Carolina Business News Initiative. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:56:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.talkingbiznews.com/1/fake-bank-of-america-release-targets-dow-jones-wsj/#comment-63032 Fake Press Releases Article & the PRSA Response– Thoughts? « intro 2 pr Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:16:03 +0000 http://www.talkingbiznews.com/?p=32184#comment-63032 [...] release about the Bank of America’s seeking advice from customers on how to run its operation fooled the Dow Jones Newswire, and in June, a fake press release about General Mills got play in the Dow [...]

]]> http://www.talkingbiznews.com/1/fake-bank-of-america-release-targets-dow-jones-wsj/#comment-33677 Rami Grunbaum Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:47:55 +0000 http://www.talkingbiznews.com/?p=32184#comment-33677 No doubt a lot of other business journalists received it, as we did. A careful reading was enough to arouse suspicion that it was fake. Maybe the lede here is that a fake press release disregarded by various business journalists was taken at face value by Dow Jones…?

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