by Sydney Smith on Jan 25, 2012
NYTimes Corrects: 46 Million U.S. people not on Xanax
The New York Times issued a Jan. 22 correction to its Jan. 15 opinion article that incorrectly reported in its...
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by David W. Moore on Jan 24, 2012
2012 Top Ten Dubious Polling Awards
Polls can disregard science and even logic. The pollsters themselves often embrace entertaining headlines rather than reflect accurate public opinion....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 24, 2012
New Fact Check Site FlackCheck Checks Political Ads, Journalism
The University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center started a website called Flackcheck.org to "fact check political ads and political...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 24, 2012
SC Voters Sent e-mail Posing as CNN Jan.19
Last week, an e-mail posing as a CNN news alert was "sent to Republican activists in South Carolina" on Jan....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 23, 2012
Jewish Times Apologizes, Retracts Story Suggesting a ‘Hit’ on Obama
Jewish newspaper the Atlanta Jewish Times is retracting its column that suggested putting a "hit" on U.S. president Barack Obama,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2012
NBC Reporter’s DUI Prompts Source-Reporter Ethics Questions
The Washington Times' Gayle Falkenthal questioned in December the "distance reporters need to maintain from their sources" after the police...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2012
AP Updates Social Media Guidelines Again
The Associated Press announced Jan. 17 that it has published an "update of the social media guidelines that were last...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2012
Daily Beast Says ‘Ways to get Smarter’ List Not Product Placement, Advertisement
The New York Post slammed Newsweek/Daily Beast earlier this month for an article titled “31 ways to get smarter in...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 21, 2012
Fox News Updates, Rewrites Post Accused of Lifting from Atlantic Wire
Fox News lifted an article from the Atlantic Wire, was called out for it, and updated the post with an...
by David W. Moore on Jan 21, 2012
That Pesky Margin of Error – What it Says about Gingrich’s Lead in South Carolina
In a Jan. 19 article posted on Slate, Josh Voorhees summarizes the latest South Carolina poll results in these words:...