by Sydney Smith on Aug 12, 2011
Cracked.Com Calls out 6 Things Commonly Found in Fake News Stories
Humor site Cracked.com compiled a list of "6 ways to get anyone to believe a clearly fake news story" in...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 13, 2011
NYT Phone Number: Will Now Let People Know It’s Calling
The New York Times announced Aug. 12 that it will no longer mask its NYT phone number with the caller...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 13, 2011
AP Won’t Distribute White House’s Photo of Fallen Troops Ceremony
While the press wasn't allowed to take photographs of Pres. Barack Obama's reception of the "bodies of 30 fallen troops...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 13, 2011
Prosecutor Claims Medill Students Not Protected by Shield Law
As iMediaEthics has written, an Illinois court has been looking into Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism's Innocence Project. The school's...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 14, 2011
CNN Corrects After John Walker Lindh’s Father Lobbies Media Bugs
CNN has corrected its 2009 report labeling John Walker Lindh as a "convicted terrorist" after his father, Frank Lindh, submitted a correction request to Media...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 14, 2011
Did Washington State Newspaper Fact-Check? No Corrections after 2 People Wrongly Listed as Murdered?
The Tri-City Herald incorrectly reported that a woman named Cheri Taylor was murdered, Seattle TV news station KOMO reported. The...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 15, 2011
NYT’s Joe Nocera Apologized After Calling Tea Party Terrorism
What boundaries should columnists establish? That's what the New York Times' Arthur Brisbane wondered in his latest column as public...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 19, 2011
International Business Times : Sorry we called Jonathan Rees a Murderer
The International Business Times issued a correction, retraction and apology to Jonathan Rees after falsely claiming he is a murderer....
by Sydney Smith on Aug 19, 2011
Ed Schultz Apologizes for Rick Perry ‘Black Cloud’ Quote
MSNBC's Ed Schultz apologized for airing a part of Texas governor Rick Perry's comments out of context, Mediaite reported. Schultz...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 19, 2011
MediaBistro to ABC: Stop overusing ‘Exclusive’
MediaBistro's Fishbowl DC called out ABC News for its tagging stories "exclusive." According to Fishbowl DC, ABC News's adding a...