by Sydney Smith on Dec 23, 2012
2012: 10 Worst Plagiarism and Attribution Cases
10) Fox News Lifts Atlantic Wire Dolphin Story Fox News rewrote without credit an Atlantic Wire article on dolphins earlier...
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by Sydney Smith on Dec 21, 2012
10 Best Corrections and Errors of 2012
10) New York Times corrects the number of people on Xanax A January correction from the New York Times grabbed...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 19, 2012
Mediaite Headline had Wrong Name for Accused Oregon Mall Shooter
The headline for a Mediaite story about a shooting-suicide in a Portland, Oregon shopping mall last week contained a glaring error --...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Dec 18, 2012
Columbia Journalism Review Reporter Bruce Porter Lying, Exploiting a Source? What’s happening at CJR?
Bruce Porter, a retired Columbia University journalism professor and the author of the book-turned-movie Blow, decided in 2011 that he...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Dec 18, 2012
TIMELINE: How Columbia Journalism Review Got Sued By Fmr. Newsweek Teen Source
The Marcy-Bruce Porter connection over 45 years Columbia Journalism Review reporter, Bruce Porter, feigns caring about his source, Marcy, as...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 17, 2012
Media Mess-Ups: Who’s Who of Sandy Hook School Shooting Reporting Errors, Part 1
The media made several major errors, including using the wrong photo, naming the wrong shooter, and reporting that the shooter's...
by David W. Moore on Dec 17, 2012
New Poll on Same-Sex Marriage Shows Widespread Tolerance
Several recent polls have shown slight majorities of American adults with favorable views of same-sex marriage. The latest NBC News/Wall...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 16, 2012
Top 10 Photo Fails: 2012’s Wrong & Fake Photos
10) The Sunday Times Runs 2008 Doctored Photo in 2012 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="465"] (Credit: Sunday Times, screenshot)[/caption] In July, the...
by David W. Moore on Dec 15, 2012
Gay Discrimination and The BIMBY (Better In My Back Yard) Phenomenon
A recent Gallup news story reported that while 63% of Americans think discrimination against gays and lesbians is a serious...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 14, 2012
Jack Abramoff Not Eating Sushi? Jewish Press Retracts, Unpublishes
According to a Dec. 12 retraction, The Jewish Press apologized for a recent blogpost about Jack Abramoff, the former lobbyist...