by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2012
Sports News Site: Fact Check Tweets Before Publishing Stories
Richard Greco suggested in a post on Philadelphia sports news site GCobb.com that journalists shouldn't automatically assume tweets are fact-checked...
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by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2012
Miss Piggy Criticizes Fox News
Miss Piggy, star of the movie The Muppets, has responded to Fox Business' Eric Bolling's criticism of the 2011 Muppets movie, Media...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 06, 2012
Q & A with a Founder of Saving Ethical Journalism Blog
A new blog, Saving Ethical Journalism, was launched in late December 2011 by two journalists, David DesRoches and Patricia Gay. DesRoches...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 06, 2012
Michele Bachmann Calls for the Boston Globe to Retract Story
U.S. congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) claimed the Boston Globe's story "that speculated she'd be throwing her support behind Mitt Romney" during his...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 08, 2012
Sacramento Bee Fires Bryan Patrick Fake & Doctored Photos
The Sacramento Bee suspended and then fired photographer Bryan Patrick for altering photos, Poynter's Steve Myers reported. According to Myers and...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 08, 2012
WaPo Photo Editor on ‘Composite Exposure’ Photo
In mid-January, the Washington Post addressed reader concerns about a Jan. 13 front-page photo. According to the Post photography director...
by David W. Moore on Feb 09, 2012
Do 9 out of 10 New Yorkers Actually Agree on Something? A Surprising Answer!
O.K. No teasing. Just the facts. The answer is: Yes! Kind of. Somewhere around nine out of ten New Yorkers...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 09, 2012
CNN Suspends Roland Martin for Controversial Tweets during Super Bowl
Anchor Roland Martin was suspended from CNN over his "homophobic tweets during the Super Bowl," the New York Daily News...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 10, 2012
Globe & Mail Doesn’t Moderate Comments before Publication, New Haven Independent Stops Publishing Comments Altogether
The Globe and Mail's new public editor, Sylvia Stead, asked "Why not screen all comments before posting?" in a column....
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2012
WaPo Corrects Errors in its Article on Errors in Textbooks
The Washington Post published a Dec. 18 article about errors in Virginia textbooks. Since the article's publication, though, the Post has...