by Sydney Smith on Mar 05, 2015
NPR Denies Pay-for-Play with Will Forte Interview
NPR says it didn't pay or exchange advertising promotions in order to secure an interview with actor Will Forte, the...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 04, 2015
Latest Challenges: Was Bill O’Reilly witness to Nun killings, Dallas Suicide or N Ireland Bombings?
In the time since Mother Jones first questioned Fox News' Bill O'Reilly's accounting of his reporting history, more claims have...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 02, 2015
Conflict of interest at Telegraph? IPSO to examine Peter Oborne’s claims?
The head of UK press regulator the Independent Press Standards Organisation wants to investigate Peter Oborne's claims that the UK...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 02, 2015
CNN depicted Russia’s Putin as ISIS’s Jihadi John? Apologizes for Error
CNN used a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin when reporting on the ISIS member known as "Jihadi John," Mediaite...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 01, 2015
Obama said ‘Sectarian’ NOT ‘Secular,’ WashPost corrects
Sectarian, secular, two different meanings. One, sectarian, is of or pertaining to a religious sect. The other word, secular, means...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 28, 2015
On trial: Sun editor bribed UK Soldier for Prince William, Harry stories?
Sun editor Duncan Larcombe, whose beat is the royal family, is on trial in the UK, accused of paying a...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 27, 2015
French police detained, released 3 Al Jazeera staff RE flying drone
Three journalists for Al Jazeera were questioned by police related to breaking French law and flying drones in Paris. "Flying...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 26, 2015
Anonymous Source Wanna-Be granted Dream Come True in NY Times story
The New York Times stuck its tongue in its cheek this week when it granted anonymity to a source who...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 26, 2015
Israel not flooding Gaza? Al Jazeera Retracts, Daily Mail corrects
Several news outlets claimed Israel intentionally flooded the Gaza Strip. The AFP, Al Jazeera and the Daily Mail were among...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 25, 2015
2 Newspaper Journalists axed for being govt. ‘guests’ at ‘clandestine meetings’
Two editors were axed from Canadian newspaper The Times and Transcript for a breach of media ethics, the Canadian Chronicle...