by Sydney Smith on Mar 10, 2015
How fair will MSNBC’s Chris Matthews Election Coverage be if wife runs for Congress?
MSNBC's Chris Matthews promised his viewers to be "as transparent with you as possible" if his wife runs for a...
Political Reporting Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on Mar 09, 2015
NYT Hillary Clinton E-mail Story Accurate, Not ‘unraveling,’ Public Editor says
The New York Times broke the March 2 story that Hillary Clinton used her personal e-mail account, not a government...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 03, 2015
Daily Beast retracts its Scott Walker campus sex assault count story
The Daily Beast falsely reported that Wisconsin governor Scott Walker wanted to minimize how many sexual assault cases U.S. colleges...
by David W. Moore on Mar 01, 2015
Dueling Polls Create Illusion of Public Opinion on Netanyahu’s Address to Congress
A CNN/ORC poll released last month reported that by a two-to-one margin, Americans opposed congressional leaders’ invitation to Israeli Prime...
by David W. Moore on Feb 20, 2015
Poll: The Allegedly Anti-Islamic Views of Iowa Republicans, Important?
Bloomberg recently announced its latest poll found that “nearly 40% of likely [Iowa] Republican caucus-goers consider Islam inherently violent.” While...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 19, 2015
Why did Globe & Mail report Canada’s Justin Trudeau got Standing-O when never happened?
Justin Trudeau's speech was OK, but not standing O-worthy. The Globe and Mail wrongly said Justin Trudeau, Canada's Liberal Leader,...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 19, 2015
NYT errs, blames Gov. Scott Walker for predecessor’s spending cuts
The New York Times wrongly blamed Wisconsin governor Scott Walker for education spending cuts and teacher layoffs that happened before...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 17, 2015
Obama’s Bad Week: Called Antichrist, Sex Assault Suspect & Now, ‘Assclown’? Media Corrections Abound
President Barack Obama has had a rough few days. First, a North Carolina newspaper called him the Antichrist in a...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 16, 2015
President Obama not sexual assault suspect, San Diego TV news apologizes
Fox 5 San Diego wrongly suggested that Barack Obama had been a sexual assault suspect. The television station, KSWB, showed...