by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2014
W. Virginia Chemical Spill NOT Georgia-Pacific, Blog Retracts
Eastman Chemical -- NOT Georgia-Pacific -- produced the chemical polluting the water in West Virginia, according to a recent retraction....
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2014
Black man with ‘Suspicious activity?’ Dominion Post Apologizes for ‘Offensive’ Report
The Dominion Post, a West Virginia newspaper, made national news this week after publishing a three-sentence report saying police were...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 14, 2014
No Apologies, NYT ‘Readers misread my point,’ says Bill Keller RE His Adams Cancer Column
Former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller claimed readers who criticized his opinion article for the Times about Lisa...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2014
Emma Keller Admits Quoting Cancer Patient Lisa Adams’ Private E-mails, Guardian Unpublishes
The Guardian unpublished an article by Emma Keller, wife of former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller, about cancer...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 12, 2014
Starving Dogs Hoax Bites Media: Kim Jong-un’ Uncle Not Naked, Eaten by ‘120 Ravenous Hounds’
Hoaxes are hounding the media of late. The New York Daily News and others were outright duped while others like NBC...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 09, 2014
Mediaite Editor uses fake name Jon Nicosia, impersonated doctor?
Media news site Mediaite managing editor "Jon Nicosia" has been using a fake name to mask his past as a...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 08, 2014
Globe & Mail Published 62 Corrections a Month in 2013
The Globe and Mail, Canada's largest circulation national newspaper, published an average of 62 corrections a month (744 for the year)...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 06, 2014
CNN Mixes up Boston & NYC in Winter Storm Story
Well, looks like the Huffington Post isn't the only outlet that needs a brush-up on geography. CNN mixed up Boston...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 04, 2014
Journalist Impersonated a Priest to Get Hospital Access To Brain Injured Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher's manager said a journalist posing as a priest tried to sneak into Schumacher's hospital room in Grenoble. Schumacher...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 01, 2014
Toronto Star’s 2013 Corrections by the Numbers
The Toronto Star published 403 print corrections this year, Star public editor Kathy English reported. About a quarter of the...