WGN Ch. 9 Chicago Partners With L.L.Bean, Brands Reporters With Logo
Phil Rosenthal reported in The Chicago Tribune May 19 that WGN Channel 9 and L.L.Bean have partnered, exchanging L.L.Bean outerwear for a…
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Washington Post’s Public Editor Says the Paper is Improving its Corrections System
The Washington Post’s public editor Andrew Alexander blogged May 18 that the newspaper’s corrections problem is finally improving Alexander wrote that “readers…
Snapshot of local reporting: Texas columnist Bud Kennedy calls out TV reporter for biased Tea Party reporting
Like the alleged "blue wall of silence" among police, it is unusual when journalists break a similar grey wall of…
West Virginia Newspaper Dominion-Post Photoshops 3 Politicians out of Front-Page Photo
A West Virginia newspaper ran a doctored front-page photograph on May 15. The newspaper, Morgantown’s The Dominion Post , Photoshopped three…
Where’s the Outrage? Dutch Newspaper Interviews 9-year-old Plane Crash Survivor from his Hospital Bed
The Daily Mail published this close-up AP photo of Ruben in his hospital bed. StinkyJournalism blurred the image. COMMENTARYWhere is the…
Does Howard Kurtz Continue To Not Disclose Conflicts of Interest?
Media Matters and Media Bistro continue to be concerned with Howard Kurtz's dual employment --at both The Washington Post and…
Gizmodo duped by 3-D porn impregnation story from Brazil
A Brazilian satire site ran a story on May 4 about an American woman who said she had been impregnated by watching 3-D…
Times Online, Independent report anonymous speculation on Libyan crash
The Times Online’s initial May 13 report on the May 12 Libyan plane crash contained both a factual error and an…
Is Mainstream Media Beefing Up Huguely Crime Coverage with Anonymous Sources?
The New York Daily News and other mainstream media outlets are using anonymous sources to characterize the past behavior of…
NJ Supreme Court Rules media can’t be sued for accurately reporting pretrial documents
In a split decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that media outlets cannot be sued for reporting from pretrial…