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11 Examples of Politico's Addiction to Anonymous Sources, Journalism's Crack Cocaine

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11 Examples of Politico's Addiction to Anonymous Sources, Journalism's Crack Cocaine

By: London Shearer Allen

April 30, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Politico, the Washington, D.C.-based political journalism organization, is notorious for using anonymous sources in its reporting and they have taken heat for it before. As Slate's David Weigel put it in his...

9/11 Plane debris: NYPD doesn't believe it is a hoax

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9/11 Plane debris: NYPD doesn't believe it is a hoax

By: London Shearer Allen

April 29, 2013 02:57 PM EST

12 plus Anonymous Sources told Politico that NYTimes Editor Abramson is the B-Word (Commentary)

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12 plus Anonymous Sources told Politico that NYTimes Editor Abramson is the B-Word (Commentary)

By: London Shearer Allen

April 24, 2013 01:20 PM EST

Dylan Byers of Politico has written a bizarre hatchet job of NY Times executive editor Jill Abramson. Apparently, she is a bitch, at least according to not one but “more than a dozen current and former members of...

Award-Winning Photo of 'Sniper' was really Staged Pic of a Photojournalism Student

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Award-Winning Photo of 'Sniper' was really Staged Pic of a Photojournalism Student

By: Sydney Smith, London Shearer Allen

March 16, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Zimmerman Sues NBC News over Doctored 911 Calls, Fires Staff but Does Not Say 'Sorry'

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Zimmerman Sues NBC News over Doctored 911 Calls, Fires Staff but Does Not Say 'Sorry'

By: London Shearer Allen

December 08, 2012 05:30 PM EST

Your mother always told you that saying sorry can repair a lot of damage. NBC apparently forgot this important lesson. Lawyers for George Zimmerman, who is charged in the February shooting death of Florida teen...

Measuring Subway Platform Discredits NY Post Abbasi Subway Photo Tale

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Measuring Subway Platform Discredits NY Post Abbasi Subway Photo Tale

By: London Shearer Allen

December 07, 2012 12:30 AM EST

iMediaEthics went to the 49th Street and 7th Avenue N, R and Q subway station and examined the platform where Han was tragically killed Monday, December 3. We used R. Umar Abbasi's published images as a guide to...

Clues that Abbasi lied about New York Post subway photo?

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Clues that Abbasi lied about New York Post subway photo?

By: London Shearer Allen

December 04, 2012 06:20 PM EST

News media has been awash with debate over the front-page photograph by Umar Abbasi in today's New York Post. There are a number of clues in his pictures that the story Abbasi has told about the photograph is...

Tweets ask Did a man die because a NY Post photographer failed to help?

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Tweets ask Did a man die because a NY Post photographer failed to help?

By: London Shearer Allen

December 04, 2012 11:45 AM EST

Yesterday, December 3, 2012, a tragedy unfolded in the underground subway station near Times Square, New York. Ki-Suck Han of Queens was allegedly pushed onto the tracks by a deranged man and was struck by on oncoming...

Tumblr Attacked, GNAA Says 'One thing lacking from modern journalism....integrity'

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Tumblr Attacked, GNAA Says 'One thing lacking from modern journalism....integrity'

By: London Shearer Allen, Sydney Smith

December 03, 2012 06:50 PM EST

USA Today, Reuters, Entertainment Weekly and thousands of other Tumblr blogs were attacked by a worm set up by the Gay N***** Association of America (GNAA)...

Arianna Huffington Massages TIME Journalist at Republican Convention--Literally

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Arianna Huffington Massages TIME Journalist at Republican Convention--Literally

By: London Shearer Allen

September 03, 2012 05:00 AM EST

Massaging sources for information is not a new phenomenon in journalism but apparently Arianna Huffington has taken the old adage quite literally. She has spent the past week with her arms deep in massage cream as she,...

The Huffington Post Steals a Penis Story

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The Huffington Post Steals a Penis Story

By: London Shearer Allen

August 20, 2012 05:35 PM EST

The Huffington Post recently published an article on...

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CNN Sells Vodka and Some News

By: London Shearer Allen

August 16, 2012 06:20 PM EST

Commentary CNN recently used much of the front page of its website to advertise Ketel One vodka. The advertisement went live July 12, 2012, and framed its homepage taking up more of the screen than the news. It was...

Irish Examiner says 'NO' to Fark Racial Stereotype

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Irish Examiner says 'NO' to Fark Racial Stereotype

By: London Shearer Allen

August 04, 2012 04:00 PM EST

Commentary Hilary Hanson's lede in The Huffington Post August 1 article "Body Painting World Record Attempt Leads to Thong Shortage in Cork, Ireland" read: “They may have the potato problem under...

Horrible Olympic Photojournalism Portraits: Why Editors, Not Photoshop are the Cure

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Horrible Olympic Photojournalism Portraits: Why Editors, Not Photoshop are the Cure

By: London Shearer Allen

July 12, 2012 02:25 PM EST

Commentary An online drama has been brewing among professional photographers and photo buffs involving some not so flattering portraits of the US Olympic athletes taken by Joe Klamar. That "drama" has...

Why Did NY1 Include Sensational Quote in Swastika Vandalism Report?

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Why Did NY1 Include Sensational Quote in Swastika Vandalism Report?

By: London Shearer Allen

July 10, 2012 05:00 AM EST

In the dark of night on June 14, 2012, vandals spray painted symbols of hate in a largely Jewish neighborhood of Brooklyn. Given the history of the swastika and the suffering of the Jewish people at the hands of the...

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Kids: Just Say No...Comment?

By: London Shearer Allen

June 29, 2012 12:00 PM EST

As a mother of young boys, I have had the age-old discussions with them about safety. I have instructed them rigorously on the many dangers in the world: strangers, drugs, cars,...