by Sydney Smith on Nov 22, 2010
NY Post Errs in FDNY Christmas Tree Story
The New York Post's headline and Nov. 11 story on the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has apparently been corrected - but...
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by Sydney Smith on Nov 22, 2010
WaPo Public Editor: Post Should “Beef Up” Kaplan Reporting
The Washington Post should cover higher-education program Kaplan more aggressively, the Post's ombudsman Andrew Alexander argued in his Nov.19 public editor...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 21, 2010
Ted Koppel Criticizes Partisan Media, Slate calls him ‘Bad Reporter’
Former ABC News anchor Ted Koppel questioned MSNBC's suspension of Keith Olbermann for political donations two weeks ago, noting that objective television...
by David W. Moore on Nov 20, 2010
Don’t Trust Polls about TSA Pat-Downs, Full Body X-Rays
The major media polls, once again, are performing a public disservice by their claims that most Americans “support” full body...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 20, 2010
US Govt Warns About Checkbook Journalism… In Liberia, USAID Gives Liberia $11 Million to Train Journalists
Last month, the U.S. State Department paid for Liberian journalists to be trained by an American journalist, apparently a "regular...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 20, 2010
Cooks Source Magazine Shuts Down After Charge of Copyright Infringement
Digital Journal reported that Cooks Source's editor Judith Griggs confirmed that the New England cooking magazine has closed. Griggs and Cooks Source were...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 19, 2010
Fox News Corrects Chief Sitting Bull Headline After Complaints of Error
Fox News fixed an incorrect headline after the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) publicly criticized the news site for a...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 19, 2010
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough Suspended for Political Donations
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough was suspended for two days without pay after Politico revealed he made political contributions, a violation...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 18, 2010
Wisc. Newspaper Bans Comments on Crime, Courts, Sex, Race, Accident Stories
The Wisconsin newspaper Janesville Gazette announced in a Nov. 7 blog post that its website, GazetteXtra.com, will no longer permit comments on...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 18, 2010
Sweden Seeks Arrest of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange by Interpol
Swedish authorities are seeking an international arrest warrant for Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. As Assange's whereabouts are reportedly unknown, does this mean there will...