White House, Columbia Journalism Review, Politico Slam Forbes Article
Forbes magazine's cover story, "How Obama Thinks," by Dinesh D'Souza, has been criticized by both the White House and Columbia…
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Ghostwriters for Drug Company Wyeth behind Dozens of Journal Articles?
A researcher claims that the drug manufacturer Wyeth hired a communications firm to write articles for medical journals that would…
Bush-Era Tax Cuts & Public Opinion: Those Crazy Media Polls Are At It Again!
See the above screenshot detail from an Associated Press video about the tax cut debate. (Credit: YouTube, AP) Based on its…
The Ethics of Reporting on Suicides
Edward Wasserman, journalism ethics professor at Washington and Lee University, blogged recently about the ethics of reporting on suicides. Wasserman's…
Bloggers Locate “Original Photo” that was allegedly faked by Conservative Group
Bloggers at Newshounds helped Huffington Post writer Glenn W. Smith uncover what they claim to be the original photo that…
Tunisian Bloggers Spot Fake Photo from Le Temps, Assabah newspapers
Tunisian bloggers are calling out the French newspaper Le Temps, and the Arabic version of the newspaper, Assabah, for publishing…
Was it a Slow News Summer? NY Mag Compiles Top 10 “Shameless News Stories” (Not mentioning that they reported them too)
Was it a slow news summer? When there isn't any big, exciting hot news, do media outlets hype ordinarily less…
Leaked memo from NY Times reminds staff of anonymous source policy
The New York Times's standards editor, Phil Corbett, sent out an internal memo to the Times newsroom addressing the use…
Washington Post writer Jonathan Capehart duped by satire Twitter account
Another Washington Post writer has made headlines for his tweeting fake information. Weeks ago, sports writer Mike Wise was suspended…
Terry Jones’s Quran Burning — Media Responsibility, Tips, and Policies
As of now, Gainesville, Florida pastor Terry Jones has well-publicized his intentions to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11.…