by David W. Moore on Dec 05, 2017
How Gallup Found Conflicting Poll Results on Gun Control Laws
In November, Gallup reported that just a bare majority of Americans would rather the government approve new gun laws instead of only...
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by Sydney Smith on Dec 05, 2017
Mail Online Wrongly Reported 10-Day-Old Tweet as News
Tweets, like milk, should come with expiration dates. Case in point: The Mail Online wrongly claimed that a truck drove...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 04, 2017
Fighting Fake News: 2 Canadian Public Editors Weigh In
In their recent columns, two Canadian public editors, Sylvia Stead of the Globe and Mail and Kathy English of the...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 03, 2017
MSNBC’s Joy Reid admits her old Blogposts about Crist were ‘Insensitive, Tone Deaf & Dumb’
MSNBC host and political analyst Joy Reid apologized this weekend for her 2007 to 2009 blogposts about then-Florida governor Charlie...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 03, 2017
NPR chief news editor out, CNN fires senior producer, Vice axes 3 after investigations
In recent weeks, Charlie Rose, Matt Lauer, Garrison Keillor and Mark Halperin have all lost their jobs amidst sexual misconduct allegations....
by Sydney Smith on Dec 02, 2017
Brian Ross Suspended, ABC News Errs in Anonymously Sourced Trump, Flynn Report
ABC News inaccurately reported that Donald Trump, as a presidential candidate, asked Gen. Michael Flynn to contact the Russians. The...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 02, 2017
Jewish News claimed Baronessa Sayeeda Warsi ‘sought to excuse’ ISIS terrorism
British politician Baroness Sayeeda Warsi got an apology after the Jewish News claimed she "sought to excuse" ISIS terrorism. Jewish News identifies...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 01, 2017
Complaint over ‘The Muslim Problem’ Column Rejected, Sun defends as free speech
A UK Sun columnist asked in August, "What will we do about The Muslim Problem then?" Hundreds of readers, including...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 30, 2017
Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera tweets sexual harassment allegations ‘may be criminalizing courtship’
Fox News' Geraldo Rivera apologized after his tweets about sexual harassment. In tweets yesterday, he claimed "news is a flirty...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 30, 2017
Graphic photos of car accident an invasion of privacy, Australian press council says
News.com.au published graphic photos of a two-car accident that killed a woman just after it happened. Doing so was an...