by Sydney Smith on Jun 17, 2016
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Boston’s Tom Scholz’s Appeal of Herald Lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the bid by Tom Scholz, co-founder of the rock band Boston, to hear his libel...
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by David W. Moore on Jun 21, 2016
Gun Control Measures and the Intensity Gap [PollSkeptic News Briefs]
In a recent article in the Washington Post, James Hohmann argues that the failure of the Congress to act on...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 28, 2016
Virginia Newspaper Mixed up Terry McAuliffe & Bob McDonnell, Apologizes for Front-Page Error
Terry McAuliffe and Bob McDonnell are two different people with two different names. Tell that to the Free Lance-Star in...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 30, 2016
3 Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity Members Lose Rolling Stone Rape on Campus Lawsuit
George Elias IV, Stephen Hadford and Ross Fowler, three now-graduated University of Virginia Phi Kappa Psi fraternity members, had their their...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 04, 2016
The Voyeur’s Motel: Gay Talese Says His Latest Book’s ‘credibility is down the toilet’ but later says he’s not disavowing
What is going on with 84-year-old journalist Gay Talese and his new book The Voyeur's Motel? On June 30, the...
by Katie Kausch on Jul 07, 2016
Examiner.com burned by reporter’s 3 wildfire fundraiser stories, YouCaring deletes $10K campaign
Multiple stories were unpublished from Examiner.com, following a three month long iMediaEthics investigation. This is the second time in 2016...
by Katie Kausch on Jul 08, 2016
Examiner.com Closing Next Week, 2 iMediaEthics Investigations Found Fact Check Fails
Online journalism platform Examiner.com is closing effective July 10th, San Francisco CBS-affiliate KPIX reported. The news was announced to Examiner.com...
by David W. Moore on Jul 08, 2016
Clinton-Trump Matchup: Conflicting Polls from USA Today and Reuters
On July 5, two different media organizations announced contradictory trends in the presidential election contest between Hillary Clinton and Donald...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 09, 2016
Dallas Police Shootings: To Get Breaking News Right, NPR Corrects When Facts Are Wrong
News outlets that get it wrong often simply update stories without a correction. Breaking news stories are particularly fertile ground for...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 09, 2016
John Gorman’s Dallas Shooting Tweets Get him Cut from Sports Illustrated’s The Cauldron
Sports Illustrated's sports site The Cauldron won't use freelancer John Gorman anymore after his tweets on the Dallas shooting. In them,...