by Sydney Smith on Feb 16, 2015
President Obama not sexual assault suspect, San Diego TV news apologizes
Fox 5 San Diego wrongly suggested that Barack Obama had been a sexual assault suspect. The television station, KSWB, showed...
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by Sydney Smith on Feb 15, 2015
NPR has a ‘bias of sorts,’ says its Exiting Ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos
Exiting National Public Radio ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos wraped up his three-and-one-half-year term with a lengthy column. Specifically, Schumacher-Matos focused on...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2015
You’re fired! Jared Keller canned by Mic for plagiarism, internal review continues of fmr news director
Jared Keller was fired by the news media website Mic today after being busted for plagiarism by Gawker, iMediaEthics just...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 11, 2015
‘Bad for democracy,’ Cleveland Plain Dealer tosses Readers Rep position, Loses ‘key link to community’ after 10 years
The Cleveland Plain Dealer no longer has a readers representative. Ted Diadiun, the readers representative for ten years, announced this...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 11, 2015
Match.com, Amazon Wishlists? New Unverified Sources for Chapel Hill Murders, Cannibal Cop Reporting
Next time you make out a Match.com page or an Amazon Wishlist, bear in mind that if you end up...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 10, 2015
Brian Williams ‘Not part of our flight,’ Vet alerted MSNBC in 2003
The pilot of the helicopter that was hit by an RPG back in 2003 said he complained to MSNBC at...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 10, 2015
Obama Death Threat Posted, Newsweek’s Twitter Hacked
Newsweek lost control of its Twitter account for 14 minutes this morning because the account was hacked, the magazine confirmed...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 10, 2015
NBC News suspends Brian Williams for 6 Months, Williams ‘deserves a second chance and we are rooting for him’ NBC’ Turness says
NBC News suspended Brian Williams for six months without pay. NBC News president Deborah Turness announced his suspension tonight. In...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 07, 2015
Kyrzbekistan is NOT a country, NYTimes corrects
Better bone up on former Soviet bloc countries, New York Times. The Times mistakenly reported that there is a country...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 07, 2015
A Pound’s Worth $15? NYTimes Article reported 11 Million Pounds equals $166 Million
The New York Times wrongly reported an optimistic view that £11 million is worth about $166 million. This false claim...