by David W. Moore on Aug 26, 2010
Much Ado About . . . Obama’s Religion
In recent days, there has been a flurry of news stories commenting on recent polls, showing a substantial percentage of...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 24, 2010
The Atlantic criticizes HuffPost for being duped by satire site & not admitting error
The Atlantic Wire's John Hudson called out the Huffington Post Aug 19 for treating a satirical article as news and...
by Robert Buckman on Aug 18, 2010
Kyron Horman’s Stepmom, Terri: Convicted by the media before any arrest?
The media frenzy this summer surrounding the disappearance of 7-year-old Kyron Horman in Portland, Ore., and the suspicion being focused...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 23, 2010
Bloggers Discovered BP Doctored 3 Photos
Bloggers on Americablog and Gizmodo have discovered that at least three recently released photos from BP were photoshopped. The Washington...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 20, 2010
Study Finds 4 Biggest U.S. newspapers no longer calling Waterboarding Torture
A recently released report, "Torture at Times: Waterboarding in the Media", studied the media's treatment of the word torture and...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 09, 2010
Kan. Pill Mill Doc Convicted: Wichita Eagle reporter still not disclosing conflict of interest
* * * * * * Special Report, Part 2: Since 2005, Ron Sylvester has led...
by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2010
Wichita Eagle Court Reporter Ron Sylvester Doesn’t Disclose His Wife’s Firm Represents "Pill Mill" Defendants
[TO READ THE LATEST REPORT IN THIS SERIES, ALSO GO TO: Part 2 and Part 3] EXCLUSIVE, Special Report, Part...
by Sydney Smith on May 11, 2010
New Ethics for the Non-Profit Newsroom?
iMediaEthics is a non-profit news site. On April 26, three journalism centers published a roundtable report, “Ethics for the New Investigative Newsroom"...
by Sydney Smith on May 10, 2010
British political campaigns staged photos: Actors portray police, doctor, nurse
British elections were May 6. Hopefully, the questionable photos that were spread throughout the campaign by at least one political party...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 28, 2010
New York Times caught reporting third hoax story in April?
For the third time this month, The New York Times’ City Room blog may have been caught reporting a hoax...