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...
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by Sydney Smith on May 24, 2010
Australian Media Controversy: Is outing a gay politician in the public’s interest?
Australian media is currently figuring out the difference between what’s of public interest and what’s interesting. Australian broadcast news Channel...
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
Where’s the Outrage? Dutch Newspaper Interviews 9-year-old Plane Crash Survivor from his Hospital Bed
Where is the line between the public’s right to know and a severely injured, recently orphaned young boy's right to...
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...
by Sydney Smith on May 19, 2010
Gizmodo duped by 3-D porn impregnation story from Brazil
A Brazilian satire site ran a story on May 4 about an American woman who said she had been impregnated by watching 3-D...
by Sydney Smith on May 18, 2010
Times Online, Independent report anonymous speculation on Libyan crash
The Times Online’s initial May 13 report on the May 12 Libyan plane crash contained both a factual error and an...
by Sydney Smith on May 17, 2010
Is Mainstream Media Beefing Up Huguely Crime Coverage with Anonymous Sources?
The New York Daily News and other mainstream media outlets are using anonymous sources to characterize the past behavior of...