by Sydney Smith on May 05, 2013
LA Times, New York Times Join USA Today, AP in New Standards for ‘Illegal Immigrant’
The Los Angeles Times is the latest news organization to update its standards for how it reports on immigration. According...
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by Sydney Smith on May 04, 2013
Louisiana High School Newspaper’s Prank Gone Wrong
A Louisiana high school's student newspaper published a story that local restaurant was being shut down and possibly sued over...
by Sydney Smith on May 03, 2013
Mike Bloomberg Only Allowed 1 Pizza Slice? Drudge Report Hoaxed by Daily Currant Satire Story
The Drudge Report needs to start fact checking. The conservative news aggregation website was tricked by a satire story from...
by Sydney Smith on May 02, 2013
IVA Worldwide fund invests 145%? New York Times Math Error Prompts Correction
The New York Times corrected an April 7 article that wrongly -- and impossibly -- claimed that 145% of investment...
by Sydney Smith on May 02, 2013
Scottish Sun Invaded Privacy By Photographing Funeral, PCC Says
The Scottish Sun was called out by the Press Complaints Commission for being insensitive and invasion of privacy when publishing pictures...
by Sydney Smith on May 02, 2013
John Krasinski, Arrested Development: Yahoo News Uses Wrong Photo
Oops! Yahoo News wrongly used a picture of director John Singleton with a news story about The Office actor John...
by Sydney Smith on May 02, 2013
Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Guardian’s Twitter Accounts for ‘Lies and Slander’
The Guardian reported that some of its Twitter accounts was hacked this past week. Hacked accounts included the Guardian's Books,...
by Sydney Smith on May 02, 2013
2 Media Fouls in Jason Collins Coverage, Howard Kurtz & Daily Beast ‘Parted Company’
Washington Wizards pro basketball player Jason Collins announced in a very high-profile May 6 Sports Illustrated cover story this week...
by David W. Moore on May 01, 2013
4 Ways Slate Misinterpreted the Failed Gun Control Vote Poll from WashPost/Pew
The Washington Post and Pew announced last week that only 15% of Americans were “angry” at the U.S. Senate’s failure...
by Sydney Smith on May 01, 2013
National Weather Service: ‘Look out for fake weather pics!’
A fake photo purportedly showing a huge supercell thunderstorm cloud over Lawton, Oklahoma has been circulating on social media, the...