by Sydney Smith on Dec 30, 2015
NPR isn’t BuzzFeed: No Labeling of Donald Trump Racist
BuzzFeed may have OK'ed its staff calling Donald Trump a lying racist, but National Public Radio won't be doing the...
Political Reporting Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on Dec 25, 2015
UK Telegraph Fined $45K for E-mailing Readers Voting Advice
The UK Daily Telegraph is required to pay a fine of £30,000 (about $45,000 U.S.) after e-mailing readers back in May to...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 23, 2015
Washington Post Deletes Ted Cruz Children are ‘Political Props’ Cartoon
The Washington Post unpublished an editorial cartoon of presidential candidate Ted Cruz and his daughters. The cartoon, by Post editorial cartoonist Ann...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 21, 2015
Top 10 Political Reporting Errors of the Year
This year, there were so many glaring or entertaining corrections we had to divvy up our annual corrections lists in categories. Below...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 16, 2015
NYTimes: Photo of Muslim Teenager with Donald Trump on TV in Background wasn’t Staged or Faked
The New York Times says it didn't fake a photo showing a 15-year-old Muslim teenager doing her homework while Donald Trump was...
by David W. Moore on Dec 16, 2015
Why Paul Krugman Is Wrong About Donald Trump’s Polling Numbers
In a recent blogpost, Paul Krugman, New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize-winning economist, suggested that Donald Trump’s “bubble” probably...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 12, 2015
Love Trump’s Hate? Globe and Mail Misquotes Hillary Clinton Tweet on Donald Trump Muslim Ban
Your English teacher probably warned you that a misplaced punctuation mark could change the meaning of your sentence. The Globe and...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 09, 2015
BuzzFeed Staffers given OK to call Donald Trump ‘Mendacious Racist’
BuzzFeed staffers have been given the OK to tweet that Donald Trump is a liar and a racist. In a memo...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 07, 2015
Ralph Peters, Stacey Dash Suspended from Fox News for Obama Comments
Fox News and Fox Business Network suspended contributor Lt. Col. Ralph Peters after he called President Barack Obama a "total p*ssy* on...