Jon Stewart takes on Rolling Stone’s UVA rape story on Daily Show
Jon Stewart often takes the media to task for its bad reporting, but the Comedy Central host of the Daily…
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Nate Silver to Vox: ‘Stop stealing’ FiveThirtyEight’s charts
Data journalist Nate Silver called out news site Vox for "stealing" charts from other outlets including his site fivethirtyeight.com. Vox's…
Journalism Award Finalists Announced, ‘Mirror’ Winners announced in June
Syracuse University's Newhouse School announced the finalists for its annual Mirror Awards today. Finalists include journalists at Yahoo, Columbia Journalism…
Plagiarism found in Japanese Newspaper Sankei Shimbun sports news, 3 journalists punished
Japanese newspaper the Sankei Shimbun has "disciplined" three staffers after the newspaper was accused of plagiarism, the Japan Times reported.…
Salisbury Journal fact check fail: Sorry we said you’ve been bankrupt and got away ‘scot-free’
The UK Salisbury Journal falsely reported William Harrison-Allen, the former chairman of the Salisbury City Football Club, was "bankrupt a…
‘I am basically holding a bomb in my hand,’ NBC News sued by Sporting Goods Company for false claim
A sporting goods company claims NBC News and Kentucky NBC-affiliate WLEX-TV defamed it by saying its shooting targets are dangerous…
There was a warrant for Walter Scott, AP erred by saying no
Was there a warrant out for Walter Scott, the 50-year-old South Carolina man killed by North Charleston police officer Michael…
HBO’s Silicon Valley Actor calls out Salon for Error
The news website Salon better double-check IMDB next time. Actor Kumail Nanjiani of HBO's Silicon Valley called out Salon for…
Kate Moss left party in an ambulance? 3 Outlets apologize after not fact checking celebrity news
Three UK news outlets falsely claimed Kate Moss left photographer Mario Testino's birthday party in an ambulance, the Press Gazette…
Don’t say Germanwings Pilot Committed Suicide, NPR advises
National Public Radio advised its staff against using the word "suicide" to describe Germanwings pilot Andrea Lubitz, who crashed a…