by Sydney Smith on Mar 31, 2016
Washington Post Retracts, Hoaxed by Fake Pfizer Press Release
The Washington Post was duped by a fake Pfizer press release claiming the pharmaceutical company wasn't going to raise any...
Prescription Drugs
by Sydney Smith on May 10, 2013
Student Newspaper Defends Anonymous Source Use in Adderall Story as ‘Public Health Issue’
The University of Portland's [Oregon] student newspaper The Beacon offered an example of transparency to readers last month. In a...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 21, 2012
10 Best Corrections and Errors of 2012
10) New York Times corrects the number of people on Xanax A January correction from the New York Times grabbed...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 25, 2012
NYTimes Corrects: 46 Million U.S. people not on Xanax
The New York Times issued a Jan. 22 correction to its Jan. 15 opinion article that incorrectly reported in its...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 06, 2011
LA Times Readers Rep: Errors in Michael Jackson Death Reporting
Responding to complaints about its Michael Jackson death coverage, Los Angeles Times readers representative Deirdre Edgar wrote Sept. 30 that...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 19, 2010
Wichita Eagle Reporter Ron Sylvester Posted Factual Error to Defend Undisclosed Conflict of Interest in "Pill Mill" Dr. Schneider Case
Special Report, Part 3: This morning at 9:30 AM CST in Wichita, Kansas, the state's "pill mill" doctor Stephen Schneider and...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 11, 2010
Canadian Newspaper Demands Radio Station’s Anonymous Sources for Defamation Lawsuit
A Canadian newspaper is taking a radio station to court to force the station to reveal its anonymous sources. This is...