by Sydney Smith on Jul 22, 2014
New York Post’s Ugly, Sexist Stereotype of Nuns
The New York Post promoted the sexist and rude stereotype of angry nuns hitting disobedient children this weekend. Alongside the...
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by Sydney Smith on Jul 22, 2014
MH17 Crash: NYT defends front-page photo of dead body
The New York Times received numerous complaints over its front page photo of a Malaysian crash victim with a plastic...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 23, 2014
AP, NYDaily News duped by parody Twitter account, Bike Lobby didn’t put white flags on Brooklyn Bridge
Both the Associated Press and New York Daily News were tricked by a parody account claiming it was responsible for...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer , Sydney Smith on Jul 24, 2014
Mystery of the upside down White American Flag at Brooklyn Bridge
Major news outlets have been speculating about reasons for the bleached white American flags atop the Brooklyn Bridge, but in...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 25, 2014
Fired Editor sues, ‘gaystapo’ blogpost was ‘theologically based’
Bob Eschliman, the editor of the Newton (Iowa) Daily News, is suing his publisher after he was fired from the newspaper for...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Jul 25, 2014
Click delete on Huff Post’s Morning Email; where Kim Kardashian’s bikini tanning is a Top Story
.All hell is breaking loose in Gaza, Ukraine and Syria and ... but you wouldn't know it from the Huffington...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 26, 2014
41 cases of plagiarism at BuzzFeed, Benny Johnson fired
BuzzFeed fired one of its editors, Benny Johnson, after finding 41 cases of plagiarism in his articles. BuzzFeed editor Ben...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 27, 2014
California newspaper’s excuse: It’s not plagiarism, it’s ‘anthology’
The Paper, a free, small community newspaper in California, has offered a unique excuse for plagiarism -- anthology. "We don't...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 29, 2014
Women provoke abuse? ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith suspended after apology
ESPN's Stephen A. Smith apologized on air yesterday for suggesting women "provoke" assault, The Guardian reported. An ESPN spokesperson just emailed...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 29, 2014
Did Michele Bachmann want ‘Americanization’ labor camps for immigrants? News outlets hoaxed
Several news outlets were hoaxed by a satire article claiming Michele Bachmann called for immigrant children to move into "Americanization...