by Sydney Smith on Feb 10, 2017
Reuters on Covering Trump, Associated Press on Fact Checking
In recent weeks, Reuters and the Associated Press have issued memos about how they report -- in Reuters' case, specifically...
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by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2017
El Nacional Uses Pic of Alec Baldwin on SNL as Donald Trump instead of Picture of Donald Trump
Alec Baldwin's impersonation of Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live is apparently so uncanny that some people can't tell the...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 14, 2017
New York Times Duped by Fake Twitter for General Michael Flynn
The New York Times fell for a fake General Michael Flynn Twitter account. The Times' Feb. 13 article, "Michael Flynn Resigns...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 15, 2017
NYTimes’ writer Jacob Bernstein apologizes after saying ‘Melania is a hooker’
New York Times features writer Jacob Bernstein apologized after model and actress Emily Ratajkowski tweeted that an unnamed Times reporter called Melania Trump...
by David W. Moore on Feb 20, 2017
HuffPollster’s Ironic Criticism of PPP’s “Bowling Green Massacre” Poll
Earlier this month, Public Policy Polling issued a poll news release, which claimed that more than half of President Trump’s...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 21, 2017
Fat-Shaming Column on Airline Passenger gets Columnist fired
The Fergus Falls Daily Journal fired a columnist, Alan Linda, for an offensive column about overweight airline passengers. Linda wrote...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 21, 2017
Breitbart’s Provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos Resigns After Pedophilia Comments
Milo Yiannopoulos, the provocative Breitbart editor, resigned tonight from the conservative news site after video clips were posted online of him...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 22, 2017
VP Mike Pence replaced by Lt Gen McMaster? Not fake news, Texas-size front page error
The Bryan-College Station Eagle, a daily newspaper in Texas, published a story with a faulty headline that said Lt. Gen....
by Sydney Smith on Feb 23, 2017
Is Tom Brady’s Super Bowl Jersey Worth $500 Million? Houston’s KPRC-TV Botches Headline
Is Tom Brady's missing Super Bowl jersey really worth $500 million? Louisiana State University assistant professor of journalism Steve Bien-Aime...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 27, 2017
ABC-Chicago Sports Anchor Mark Giangreco Suspended after Pres. Trump is a ‘Cartoon Lunatic’ Tweet
ABC-affiliate WLS-TV suspended sports anchor Mark Giangreco after he tweeted that Pres. Donald Trump is a "cartoon lunatic." According to...