Sensationalism and Sensationalizing in the News Media

Tiger Woods Beats Out 9/11 for Most Consecutive New York Post Cover Stories: 20 Times in a Row

It looks like Tiger Woods has another trophy to add to the mantle above his fireplace. That is, the beleaguered...

We do not wish to continue beating the Tiger Woods drum. The tabloids and even some mainstream media have done...

In a December 2 post for McGuire on Media, a blog on the Arizona State University Walter Cronkite School of...

The Associated Press reported on an unfortunate run in between a wild deer and lion at The National Zoo in...

The spring and fall flu seasons this year have spurred a flood of sensationalist medical reporting focused on the H1N1...

On the morning of October 9, the NASA LCROSS mission impacted the Moon to test the debris for water. Many...

There are scant details of how it would work and no experts are named to back physicist Ronald Mallett's claim....

Is this a new low for CNN.com and Michael Jackson coverage? CNN needs no facts nor fact-checking when they talk...

With wall to wall news stories about pop legend Michael Jackson's death, MSNBC and CNN News still feel the need...