Bioethicist Cites Bad Flu Reporting, Asks: Can We Really Expect Any Better From Journalism?
The spring and fall flu seasons this year have spurred a flood of sensationalist medical reporting focused on the H1N1…
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Former NY Times Reporter Linda Greenhouse Tells Young Journalists To Put Truth Before Facts
In the October 21 edition of the Cornell Daily Sun, reporter Dani Neuharth-Keusch gives a rundown of the previous day’s lecture on…
NPR Joins the Pack of Media Outlets Issuing Social Media Guidelines
Last week National Public Radio joined ranks with the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and others by issuing social…
Joe Romm, Climate Progress Blog, Criticised for Quote Feeding: He defends it’s “exceedingly common” among journalists
One of the first rules of honest journalism is to approach a source or subject with an open mind. Sure,…
Reuters Falls For Chamber Of Commerce Hoax: Says Report Could Have Affected Markets
Reuters (and subsequently The New York Times and Washington Post) fell for a hoax press release issued by the farcical…
Move Over Balloon Boy, Remember Monster Pig Hoax? : Forced Perspective Photo Tricks on Flickr
Before the Colorado "Balloon Boy" hoax, there was the "Monster Pig" publicity stunt, which much like "Balloon Boy" involved the exploitation…
Round 3: The Fight Between the White House and Fox News Continues
What began as a fact-checking mission escalated when missiles were launched, and has now morphed into a full-blown battle between…
60 Minutes Links Megafires to Climate Change But Fudges Some Facts
60 Minutes recently rebroadcast a 2007 story titled “The Age of Megafires,” which discusses the link between forest management policies,…
Wisconsin’s WKOW-TV Offers Suspect Ad Deal to Doctors
Last month a Wisconsin ABC affiliate, WKOW, sent letters to local doctors offering an advertising opportunity that seemed to imply that…
New Ruling in Chiropractic Libel Suit of Simon Singh
In a new development in the ongoing libel suit of UK journalist Simon Singh by the British Chiropractic Association (BCA),…