by Sydney Smith on May 06, 2013
Father of Teen May Sue, Accused by NY Post as Boston Marathon Bomber on Front Page
An angry father of a teenager wrongly identified by the New York Post as a possible suspect in the Boston...
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by Sydney Smith on May 06, 2013
Howard Kurtz: Jason Collins Error was ‘Sloppy and Inexcusable’
Howard Kurtz apologized May 5 on his CNN program Reliable Sources for his now-retracted Daily Beast article about NBA player...
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...
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
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 London Shearer Allen on Apr 30, 2013
11 Examples of Politico’s Addiction to Anonymous Sources, Journalism’s Crack Cocaine
Politico, the Washington, D.C.-based political journalism organization, is notorious for using anonymous sources in its reporting and it has taken heat...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 29, 2013
Associated Press’ Twitter Hack: Would ‘two-factor authentication’ help?
The Associated Press' Twitter accounts @ap and @AP_mobile were hacked this past week. The hackers posted to the @ap account...