by Molika Ashford on Nov 03, 2009
Speed Vs. Accuracy: Recent Chamber of Commerce Hoax Reopens The Debate
The prank-press conference held last week by farcical activists the Yes Men has reopened the “speed versus accuracy” debate, an...
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by Molika Ashford on Nov 03, 2009
The Scalia Misquote: Corrections, And How Bloggers and MSM Differ When It Comes To Trust
On October 27, a story posted at the Huffington Post announced the news “Scalia on Brown v. Board of Education:...
by Molika Ashford on Nov 02, 2009
NY Daily News Uses Stock Photo to Represent Psychotic, Obese Children Everywhere
First the New York Daily News used a photograph of trash at the Bronx’s Hunts Point Market to illustrate a...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 30, 2009
Balloon Boy, The Yes Men, Now A Latvian Meteorite Joins The List of Recent Hoaxes
In recent weeks, the media has reported on a number of hoaxes. First, Balloon Boy; then, a fake Chamber of Commerce...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 30, 2009
Disgraced Times Reporter Jayson Blair to Lecture at University Ethics Institute
Usually young journalists learn their ethical lessons from the paragons of good behavior--role models whose writing and conduct embody the...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 29, 2009
After Guardian-Trafigura Controversy, British Parliament Debates Laws Gagging Journalists
Two weeks ago a previously silent battle between UK newspaper The Guardian and commodity shipping company Trafigura Beheer BV exploded...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 27, 2009
Fact-Checking Media Matters’s claim: Fox & Friends’ Wrong On Two Polling Questions?
MediaMatters.org, a progressive website dedicated to correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media, brought up two instances of bad poll...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 26, 2009
Bioethicist Cites Bad Flu Reporting, Asks: Can We Really Expect Any Better From Journalism?
The spring and fall flu seasons this year have spurred a flood of sensationalist medical reporting focused on the H1N1...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 26, 2009
Former NY Times Reporter Linda Greenhouse Tells Young Journalists To Put Truth Before Facts
In the October 21 edition of the Cornell Daily Sun, reporter Dani Neuharth-Keusch gives a rundown of the previous day’s lecture on...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 24, 2009
Joe Romm, Climate Progress Blog, Criticised for Quote Feeding: He defends it’s “exceedingly common” among journalists
One of the first rules of honest journalism is to approach a source or subject with an open mind. Sure,...