by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Jan 29, 2008
EXCLUSIVE: FOLLOW THE BACON: The Details behind Monster Pig Hoax
Editor's Note : Rhonda Roland Shearer is the director of Art Science Research Laboratory, which she founded with her late...
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by Adam Klasfeld on Jan 09, 2008
Lifted!?$ NYPost Graphic Very Similar to iMediaEthics
Given the current state of our national press, it’s sometimes difficult to know whether the work of media ethicists is...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Dec 10, 2007
REAL FIREPROOF DOLL… OR PLACED AFTER FIRE?
iMediaEthics launched an investigation after bloggers and others questioned the validity of a Reuters photograph that featured an unburned doll...
by Jeremy J. Miller on Nov 30, 2007
DO THE MEDIA REGRET THE ERRORS? Interview with Craig Silverman
CheckYourFacts.org interviews Craig Silverman, author of the new book, "Regret The Error: How Media Mistakes Pollute the Press and Imperil...
by Adam Klasfeld on Nov 29, 2007
Anatomy of a Correction / Correction of Anatomy: Pitbull Didn’t Chew Off Leg
UPDATED 12/3/07 If StinkyJournalism staffers are the self-knighted superheroes of fact-checking, then Google Alerts are our trusty sidekicks. When founder...
by Adam Klasfeld on Oct 30, 2007
MODERN TIMES: NYTimes’ Greg Brock on new correction database
The Times’ new office is not the only thing being modernized. Earlier this month, CheckYourFacts broke the story about the...
by Adam Klasfeld on Oct 18, 2007
‘Roid Rage: Fact Checking NYPD Steroid Use Claims in NYC Tabloids
The New York Post’s statistics should be checked for steroid use. In an October 17th article on an investigation into...
by Jeremy J. Miller on Oct 05, 2007
CORRECTION CONNECTION: NYTimes Creating Correction Tracking System
Check Your Facts has learned that the New York Times may finally be making good on one of the recommendations...
by London Shearer Allen on Sep 18, 2007
RADIO STATIONS WITHOUT BORDERS:
Did you know that for 200 easy payments of $39.95 you can get a hip transplant? And if you act...
by Adam Klasfeld on Sep 06, 2007
THE INVISIBLE POLITICS OF COMAIR 5191:
What’s wrong with this picture? Look closely. Notice the three Republicans and two Democrats? The National Transprotation Safety Board, or...