by Sydney Smith on Oct 23, 2013
Scientific American Trouble: How it Handled the ‘Urban Whore’ blogpost
Scientific American has commented again about this month's controversy when it unpublished -- and then re-published -- a blog post...
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 23, 2013
Racist Tweet? Atlanta Journal-Constitution to Print Apology
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution apologized after a racist tweet was posted on its Twitter account. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="461"] A screenshot...
by David W. Moore on Oct 22, 2013
Two Polls That Ended the Shutdown and May Prevent Another
In the wake of the federal government shutdown, it was clear to most pundits and political leaders that the Republican...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer , Sydney Smith on Oct 21, 2013
How did Howie Felterbush hoax 14 Gannett news outlets after Zimmerman verdict?
Who is the prankster that fooled more than a dozen Gannett-owned media properties this summer following the George Zimmerman verdict?...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 21, 2013
AP Fires Journalists Bob Lewis, Dena Potter after Error, Claimed McAuliffe Lied to Feds
The Associated Press fired its journalist Bob Lewis over his bogus story about Terry McAuliffe, according to the Huffington Post....
by Sydney Smith on Oct 19, 2013
Congressman Bill Young NOT Dead, Fox News Corrects On Air
Fox News' Gretchen Carlson wrongly reported on air that Rep. Bill Young died Oct. 17. Carlson said on air, in...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 17, 2013
Photo Fail: Florida’s First Coast News Aired Wrong Photo in Car Crash Story, Retracts on air and online
Florida's First Coast News aired the wrong photo of a man involved in a car accident that killed a woman....
by Sydney Smith on Oct 17, 2013
Houston Chronicle Didn’t Un-Endorse Ted Cruz, Updates Added to USA Today, WaPo, Forbes Stories
The Houston Chronicle called out media outlets that "inaccurately characterized our Wednesday editorial" on Sen. Ted Cruz. The Chronicle had...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 15, 2013
Fox News’ Anna Kooiman Corrects Muslim Museum Story,’We made a bad mistake’
Fox News held true to its promise to make an on-air correction for wrongly reporting that President Obama was personally...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 15, 2013
‘Urban Whore’ Blogpost: Scientific American Unpublished, Re-published, Biology-Online editor fired
Biology-Online fired an editor who blogged under the name "Ofek" for calling Scientific American blogger Danielle N. Lee an "urban...