When NBC Nightly News promotes History Channel programming, the public is no April Fool
Riddle: Why did NBC run an infomercial for a competitor's programming during its Nightly News with Brian Williams on April…
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A McCain Affair?
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EXCLUSIVE: FOLLOW THE BACON: The Details behind Monster Pig Hoax
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Lifted!?$ NYPost Graphic Very Similar to iMediaEthics
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REAL FIREPROOF DOLL… OR PLACED AFTER FIRE?
Original Reuters caption: "A doll lies in the charred rubble of a home in the Rancho Santa Fe area of…
DO THE MEDIA REGRET THE ERRORS? Interview with Craig Silverman
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Anatomy of a Correction / Correction of Anatomy: Pitbull Didn’t Chew Off Leg
If StinkyJournalism staffers are the self-knighted superheroes of fact-checking, then Google Alerts are our trusty sidekicks. When founder Rhonda Roland…
MODERN TIMES: NYTimes’ Greg Brock on new correction database
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