Sensationalism and Sensationalizing in the News Media

EDITORIAL: Hunter S. Thompson went too far

"It was a risky thing to say, but so what?" Gonzo journalist and Nixon nemesis Hunter S. Thompson, famous for...

Jeanette Walls of MSNBC.com reported yesterday on a tiff between actor Tom Cruise and a blog. "Lawyers for actor Tom...

While at times referring to its subject as a "so-called frog," BBC News reported an Iranian woman gave birth to...

On June 27, 2004, the BBC reported on an Iranian woman who gave birth to a frog. Its frog baby...

Extra, extra, South American cat gives birth to puppies! That, at least, was the story being peddled last month—not on...

The public outcry against the pitbull terrier may be fueled as much by imprecise news reports as it is by...

Who would have thought that the headline to Emily Keller’s Sunday NY Daily News story, "Bye-bye, Baldwin: Fans flee after...

Was it a risky or visionary update for stodgy ol’ Time when it hired Ana Marie Cox one year ago?...

Mike Stone posts these two photos on his "hate page" and boldly states, "They are two TOTALLY different pictures and...