Fake AP Story ‘Inadvertently’ Published, News Sites Remove Sports Story
News outlets published a "test story" from the Associated Press by accident, and are now unpublishing the fake sports story. …
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Murder Is Our Business: Have We Really Evolved Since the Days of Weegee?
Commentary In the past week, a whole lot of shaking of heads has been going on in newsrooms across America…
3,600 Complaints over Naked Prince Harry Pics, PCC Says; Record is 25K Complaints in 2009
Now "around 3,600" complaints have been filed with the UK Press Complaints Commission because the News Corp.-owned Sun ran the…
Graphic Photos, Videos of Empire State Building Shooting Published
Many news outlets published graphic videos and photos from the Aug. 24 shooting at the Empire State Building -- including…
Romney Campaign: Colorado TV News’ Interview Restrictions ‘Not How we Operate’
Denver CBS affiliate KCNC-TV 4 reporter Shaun Boyd told viewers when airing her interview with Mitt Romney that Romney put…
Daily Star Uses Simon Cowell Photo with John Challis Story
The UK Daily Star published a photo of Simon Cowell with a story on an actor's bid to have a…
Newsweek: ‘We..Rely on our writers to submit factually accurate material’
Newsweek "does not have a fact-checking department," Politico reported Aug. 20. Politico quoted Newsweek spokesperson Andrew Kirk as saying that…
Washington and Lee University Conference on Poverty to ‘Build Competence’ in Reporting
Washington and Lee University is hosting a conference for reporting on"poverty and economic justice," the "Knight Poverty Journalism Conference," according…
UK PCC Gets 850+ Complaints over Prince Harry Naked Pics
As we have written, UK media outlets were asked to not run photos of Prince Harry naked, but the News…
NBC News Corrects Headline Saying Neil Young not Neil Armstrong Died
Yesterday, astronaut Neil Armstrong died. NBC News wrongly reported that singer Neil Young died, according to Mediaite, which said NBC…