by Sydney Smith on Sep 22, 2014
Scandal Creator Shonda Rhimes is an ‘Angry Black Woman’? NYTimes Faces Criticism
Did you know that, in addition to being the creator of such hit TV shows as Scandal and Grey's Anatomy and...
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by Sydney Smith on Sep 21, 2014
Hanes Factory Closing? That happened in 2008, Two news sites unpublish
The website Knitting Industry and North Carolina's Triad Business Journal both falsely reported this month that Hanesbrands was shutting down a number...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2014
AP calls Terrorist Group ‘the Islamic State group’ not ISIS, ISIL or ‘Islamic State’
Why does the Associated Press now call the terrorist group, originally known as ISIS, the Islamic State Group? Does the...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 15, 2014
‘Slave ship packed tight’ like airplane seats? Penn. newspaper apologizes for ‘nationally syndicated’ cartoon
Pennsylvania newspaper and website The Lancaster Online apologized to readers after publishing a "deeply hurtful, offensive editorial cartoon" comparing slave...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 13, 2014
Bloomberg News still won’t break news about itself or about owner Michael Bloomberg
Bloomberg News is still not reporting on anything to do with Michael Bloomberg and Bloomberg News unless another media outlets...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 11, 2014
Seattle TV news IDs WRONG cab driver for sex assault
Seattle TV news station KIRO's Aug. 8 story aired the photo of the WRONG man when reporting on sexual assault...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 11, 2014
Saintly? National Review forgives, hires editor who plagiarized 41 articles at BuzzFeed
National Review must have calculated its new hire, who the magazine described as a "talented journalist, with obviously a lot...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 09, 2014
New Ethics Code for U.S. Society of Professional Journalists
The U.S. Society of Professional Journalists has a new ethics code. The revised code was approved Sept. 6 at the...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 09, 2014
Empathy? Respect? Fox & Friends Joke about Ray Rice’s violence, Don’t Apologize
Yesterday, the cast of pundits on Fox News' Fox & Friends joked about professional football player Ray Rice's beating of his...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 08, 2014
California newspaper hoaxed by fake letter
The Malibu Times published a hoax letter to the editor that criticized a local advocacy group, a retraction on its...