by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Dec 29, 2013
Was TV News Fame Motive for Knockout Game, Breaking 79-Year-Old’s Jaw?
A 27-year-old white man, Conrad Barrett, was charged by federal prosecutors with a hate crime after he allededly sucker-punched an...
Sensationalism
by Sydney Smith on Dec 08, 2013
MSNBC: ‘No News Value’ to Newtown School Shooting 911 Tapes
911 calls placed during last year's mass shooting of children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut were released...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Nov 27, 2013
Holy Areola! Should the NY Times use pasties next time for its front page breast photo?
Sensationalism at the New York Times? Why else would the Times photography editors select a peek-a-boo shot of a woman...
by Mitchell Petit-Frere on Jun 09, 2013
Why Did NY Post Flip-Flop in its Michael Douglas Oral Sex-Cancer Stories?
The headline on The New York Post’s June 3 front-page story shouted “Sex Gave Me Cancer,” and the tabloid reported as...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 15, 2013
Scientific Claim in Iran’s Fars News Agency ‘Wacky,’ ‘Completely Nuts’
Is this an example of Iran's weird science? Fars News Agency, which has ties to the Iranian government, unpublished an...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 10, 2012
Polish Editor Resigns, Newspaper Apologizes for Story Claiming Explosives Caused Plane Crash
After publishing an article claiming explosives led to a 2010 plane crash, Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita was accused of sensationalism and...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 13, 2012
Tunisian Ministry Looking into Magazine’s ‘Petrol Bombs’ Instructions
The Tunisian government may be charging "children's magazine" Qaws Quzah (Rainbow) over a recent article that detailed the "history of petrol bombs,...
by Wasim Ahmad on Aug 28, 2012
One Picture May Need a Thousand Words: Occupy Wall Street Photos Don’t Tell the Whole Story
A few days after the Nov. 15 raids of the Occupy Wall Street movement’s initial camp at New York's Zuccotti...
by London Shearer Allen on Aug 04, 2012
Irish Examiner says ‘NO’ to Fark Racial Stereotype
Commentary Hilary Hanson's lede in The Huffington Post August 1 article "Body Painting World Record Attempt Leads to Thong Shortage...