2012 U.S. Election: 71 Stories

January 29, 2013 05:30 AM EST

Veteran pollster and author David W. Moore presents the 2013 Fifth Annual Top Ten “Dubious Polling” Awards. Designed as a satirical, though serious look, at some of the most questionable polling practices or...

Radio Host Duped by the Onion's Fake Photo of Drones at Inauguration

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Radio Host Duped by the Onion's Fake Photo of Drones at Inauguration

January 28, 2013 06:00 AM EST

New NPR guidelines say Don't Call Obama 'Mr' after bias complaints

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New NPR guidelines say Don't Call Obama 'Mr' after bias complaints

January 21, 2013 06:00 AM EST

National Public Radio updated its stylebook guidelines for the President of the United States Jan. 17 after complaints of bias, NPR's ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos reported. At the heart of the issue was...

CNN Misquotes Billionaire Saying Mitt Romney 'Level-Headed Buy'

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CNN Misquotes Billionaire Saying Mitt Romney 'Level-Headed Buy'

By: Rhonda Roland Shearer, Sydney Smith

December 05, 2012 09:45 AM EST

CNN's typo in a quote about Mitt Romney significantly changed the meaning of the comment, made by billionaire John Catsimatidis. The "typo" is significant since the article is about "financial...

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9 1/2 Reasons Why Romney Lost

November 29, 2012 05:00 AM EST

The post-mortem for Romney’s campaign finds many different reasons why he lost. Republican strategist David Frum blames the Republican Party for its extremism and unresponsiveness to the country’s...

Commentary Magazine Denies D.G. Myers Fired for Pro-Same Sex Marriage Blog

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Commentary Magazine Denies D.G. Myers Fired for Pro-Same Sex Marriage Blog

November 15, 2012 06:00 AM EST

Herman Cain Accuser Sues CBS Chicago Anchor, CBS for 2011 Radio Comments

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Herman Cain Accuser Sues CBS Chicago Anchor, CBS for 2011 Radio Comments

November 14, 2012 11:30 PM EST

An Illinois woman, Sharon Bialek, is suing CBS Chicago and its anchor Bill Kurtis for his 2011 comments on WLS radio about her claims of sexual harassment by Repulican presidential candidate Herman Cain, according to the...

Why the Poll Doubters Could Have Been Right - Look at Gallup

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Why the Poll Doubters Could Have Been Right - Look at Gallup

November 08, 2012 12:30 PM EST

In the final days before the election, some major conservative pundits – such as Michael Barone in the Washington Examiner, Dick Morris for Fox News, and Steve Lombardo at the Huffington Post – predicted...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Stops Giving Endorsements, Cites Need for Independence

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Stops Giving Endorsements, Cites Need for Independence

October 27, 2012 06:00 PM EST

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel won't give political endorsements anymore in order to remain independent, according to Editorial Page Editor David D. Haynes' Oct. 26 announcement. The daily newspaper has...

CNN Unpublishes Story on Study Linking Women's Hormones to Voting

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CNN Unpublishes Story on Study Linking Women's Hormones to Voting

October 26, 2012 05:00 AM EST

CNN unpublished an article that "did not meet the editorial standards of CNN," Mediaite reported. The story has been replaced with a post disclosing the unpublishing that reads: "Post...

Gallup's Allegedly Skewed Poll Results on U.S. Presidential Election

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Gallup's Allegedly Skewed Poll Results on U.S. Presidential Election

October 17, 2012 03:40 PM EST

The Gallup Poll has come under attack for recent changes in its likely voter model. While they were apparently designed to overcome some of the shortcomings noted by Mark Blumenthal at Huffington Post, the results produced...

AP Adds 'Caption Addition' to Picture of Mitt Romney, 'Fell Short of Our Own Standards'

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AP Adds 'Caption Addition' to Picture of Mitt Romney, 'Fell Short of Our Own Standards'

October 11, 2012 06:00 AM EST

The Associated Press made a "caption addition" to an Oct. 8 photo of Mitt Romney that "clarifies" that a girl pictured in the background looked shocked "because Mitt Romney will be posing for a photo...

Debate Bumps and Polling Fluctuations in October

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Debate Bumps and Polling Fluctuations in October

October 09, 2012 07:00 PM EST

Mitt Romney was a news organization’s dream last week, when he resuscitated a moribund campaign with what many feel was a stellar debate performance. Now we’re all excitedly examining new polls to tell us exactly...

Politico Adds Editor's Note to Satire Column, MSNBC Corrects

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Politico Adds Editor's Note to Satire Column, MSNBC Corrects

October 06, 2012 06:00 AM EST

NYT Called out for 'Write-Through' of Online Article on Mitt Romney

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NYT Called out for 'Write-Through' of Online Article on Mitt Romney

October 01, 2012 12:05 AM EST

The New York Times "replaced" an article on Mitt Romney with a less critical report on Romney earlier this month. The original article, “Behind Romney’s Decision to Attack Obama on...

Rasmussen and the Allegedly Skewed Polls

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Rasmussen and the Allegedly Skewed Polls

September 29, 2012 05:00 AM EST

Some Mitt Romney supporters have been arguing recently that most of the polls showing Obama surging in swing states, and even nationally, are wrong, because the polls have too many Democrats in the samples. These...

'Democrat Party' Not Accurate Terminology, NPR Ombuds Reminds

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'Democrat Party' Not Accurate Terminology, NPR Ombuds Reminds

September 24, 2012 06:00 PM EST

NPR ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos blogged Sept. 12 to remind NPR's reporters that it is inaccurate to refer to the "Democrat Party," after a listener complained. As Schumacher-Matos...

Fox News Airs 2009 Joke Obama & Pirate Photo with 2012 Coverage, Corrects Unemployment Graphic

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Fox News Airs 2009 Joke Obama & Pirate Photo with 2012 Coverage, Corrects Unemployment Graphic

September 23, 2012 06:00 AM EST

Fox News used a 2009 photo from Barack Obama's Twitter account in a segment last week to claim Obama was meeting a pirate instead of Benjamin Netanyahu. Fox News' Brian Kilmeade said, "The White House...

What The 2012 Presidential Election Is All About

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What The 2012 Presidential Election Is All About

September 16, 2012 06:30 AM EST

Pollsters and pundits apparently can't figure out what this election is all about. While “It’s The Economy, Stupid” is so 1992, this year the polls continue to show that “the most important...

The (Riveting) Convention Bounce Discussion

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The (Riveting) Convention Bounce Discussion