by George F. Bishop on May 28, 2010
How Immigration Poll Majorities Are Born In The USA
Virtually every legitimate- or junk-poll these days turns up a majority (or seeming majority) in favor of the recently passed...
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by Sydney Smith on May 28, 2010
Readers criticize The New York Times’ City Room blog about the late Hank Jones
Is it ethical for a reporter to go in a recently deceased man’s apartment and then write a blog entry...
by Sydney Smith on May 27, 2010
New York Times’ Reports on Richard Blumenthal Questioned by Media Outlets
Starting May 17, The New York Times has published several articles and a 58-second video to call Richard Blumenthal out...
by Sydney Smith on May 26, 2010
Shield Laws Update: Called not a journalist by NJ Courts, Blogger explains her case
A New Jersey appeals court recently ruled that blogger and investigator Shellee Hale is not a journalist and therefore not...
by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2010
Wichita Eagle Court Reporter Ron Sylvester Doesn’t Disclose His Wife’s Firm Represents "Pill Mill" Defendants
[TO READ THE LATEST REPORT IN THIS SERIES, ALSO GO TO: Part 2 and Part 3] EXCLUSIVE, Special Report, Part...
by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2010
WGN Ch. 9 Chicago Partners With L.L.Bean, Brands Reporters With Logo
Phil Rosenthal reported in The Chicago Tribune May 19 that WGN Channel 9 and L.L.Bean have partnered, exchanging L.L.Bean outerwear for a...
by Sydney Smith on May 23, 2010
Washington Post’s Public Editor Says the Paper is Improving its Corrections System
The Washington Post’s public editor Andrew Alexander blogged May 18 that the newspaper’s corrections problem is finally improving Alexander wrote that “readers...
by Sydney Smith on May 22, 2010
Snapshot of local reporting: Texas columnist Bud Kennedy calls out TV reporter for biased Tea Party reporting
Like the alleged "blue wall of silence" among police, it is unusual when journalists break a similar grey wall of...
by Sydney Smith on May 21, 2010
West Virginia Newspaper Dominion-Post Photoshops 3 Politicians out of Front-Page Photo
A West Virginia newspaper ran a doctored front-page photograph on May 15. The newspaper, Morgantown’s The Dominion Post , Photoshopped three...
by Sydney Smith on May 20, 2010
Does Howard Kurtz Continue To Not Disclose Conflicts of Interest?
Media Matters and Media Bistro continue to be concerned with Howard Kurtz's dual employment --at both The Washington Post and...