by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2015
Poison John Boehner Story Gets Boston.com Editor Fired
Boston.com fired associate editor Victor Paul Alvarez after he published a story questioning whether U.S. House Speaker John Boehner had...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 14, 2015
Conflict alert! Theatre Critic’s Son is Asst Play Director? National Post failed to disclose
The National Post failed to disclose in two articles that its theatre critic was writing about a play his son...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2015
MSNBC ‘Screwed up,’ Showed French Kebab Store in NAACP Bombing Report
MSNBC's Chris Hayes aired a photo from France in his coverage of the bombing of a Colorado Springs NAACP office....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 12, 2015
Journalist Johann Hari lifted quotes, Writes book, Hopes for trust
Journalist Johann Hari said it was "incredibly humiliating" and "absolutely devastating" when it was revealed, more than three years ago,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 12, 2015
Charlie Hebdo Hiring? Fake Cover Photo Circulates
A photo of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo's front page circulated this week following the attack on its office. The image...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 12, 2015
Globe & Mail, CBC don’t publish Charlie Hebdo Muhammad Cartoons, National Post, Sun News do
The Globe and Mail is one of the many news outlets that decided against publishing cartoons from Charlie Hebdo, the...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 11, 2015
USA Today’s Defends Publishing Radical Muslim Cleric Anjem Choudary’s Op-Ed
USA Today defended its publication of a controversial opinion article by radical Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary. Choudary's op-ed "blamed France,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 09, 2015
CNN Duped by Fake North Korea Govt Twitter Account
Add CNN to the list of outlets duped by a satire Twitter account posing as the official Twitter for North...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 09, 2015
Sheriff Misquoted by KY Newspaper, didn’t say people join law enforcement to shoot minorities
The News-Enterprise, a daily newspaper in Elizabethtown, Ky. near Louisville, fired two members of its staff for falsely inserting a...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 09, 2015
NYTimes Publishes Offensive Cartoons…Why Not Charlie Hebdo’s?
After the New York Times said it wasn't publishing potentially offensive images from satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, several news outlets...