by Sydney Smith on Feb 15, 2012
AP Error: Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Statue to Cost €81K not €81 Million
Despite the Associated Press' initial Feb. 13 story, a "planned statue in a Paris suburb that is to be modeled...
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by Sydney Smith on Feb 10, 2012
State-Owned Ghana Media Outlets Called to Avoid Sensationalism, Bias in Election Reporting
Ghana's National Media Commission chairman, Ambassador Kabral Blay-Amihene, called for Ghana's media to "give fair coverage to all parties" in...
by David W. Moore on Feb 09, 2012
Do 9 out of 10 New Yorkers Actually Agree on Something? A Surprising Answer!
O.K. No teasing. Just the facts. The answer is: Yes! Kind of. Somewhere around nine out of ten New Yorkers...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 06, 2012
Michele Bachmann Calls for the Boston Globe to Retract Story
U.S. congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) claimed the Boston Globe's story "that speculated she'd be throwing her support behind Mitt Romney" during his...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 29, 2012
PolitiFact Oregon Reverses a Ruling, Corrects Claim about Party Endorsement
PolitiFact Oregon corrected its Jan. 18 ruling that "Republican Rob Cornilles had the endorsements of a variety of local mayors,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 26, 2012
BusinessWeek ‘Kills’ Bruised Mitt Romney Cover
BusinessWeek withheld its cover image picturing a bruised Mitt Romney with a black eye and cuts and bruises. New York Magazine,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 26, 2012
Jewish Times Owner Plans to Sell Newspaper after Obama ‘Hit’ Column
Andrew Adler, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Atlanta Jewish Times, resigned this week over his controversial article suggesting a "hit"...
by David W. Moore on Jan 24, 2012
2012 Top Ten Dubious Polling Awards
Polls can disregard science and even logic. The pollsters themselves often embrace entertaining headlines rather than reflect accurate public opinion....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 24, 2012
New Fact Check Site FlackCheck Checks Political Ads, Journalism
The University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center started a website called Flackcheck.org to "fact check political ads and political...