by Sydney Smith on Sep 08, 2011
Fox News, ABC Publish ‘Selectively Edited’ James Hoffa Speech?
Fox News and ABC News aired a "selectively edited" video of a speech made by Teamster president James Hoffa, Yahoo...
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by Sydney Smith on Sep 06, 2011
Alabama TV News Station Retracts Story on Supreme Court Vote that hasn’t Happened
Alabama NBC-affiliate WSFA issued a retraction in mid-August for its Aug 12 story on an Alabama Supreme Court decision on...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 04, 2011
American Journalism Review Advises on Aggregation
American Journalism Review's Michaelle Bond collected the "best practices" for "aggregating without aggravating." Referencing Advertising Age's Simon Dumenco's complaints over Huffington...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 30, 2011
News Outlets Publish Fake Photo of Shark Swimming in Puerto Rico Hurricane Irene Floodwaters
Fake photos from Hurricane Irene are already surfacing, the Washington Post reported. A Miami TV news station, Channel 7, along...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 26, 2011
NDakota Reporter Lee Morris Quits, Claims Newspaper Suppresses Critical Letters to the Editor
The editor, Lee Morris, wrote a "scathing column about concerns" with the newspaper, the Valley City Times-Record, in mid-August. His criticisms...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 26, 2011
Blogger Behind Fake Quotes Attributed to NYT Columnist Paul Krugman
Blogger Carlos Graterol of the Campaign Fix blog admitted recently that he was posing as New York Times columnist Paul...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 25, 2011
No More ‘Fairness Doctrine’
The Federal Communications Commission axed "the Fairness Doctrine and 83 other 'outdated and obsolete media-related rules,'" Fox News reported. According...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 25, 2011
Eliot Spitzer Sued for Defamation over 2010 Slate Article
Eliot Spitzer's August 22, 2010 article for Slate is now the subject of a $90 million defamation lawsuit, Gothamist reported....
by Sydney Smith on Aug 24, 2011
Former New York Times Writer Criticizes Newspaper for 1991 Riot Reporting
A former New York Times reporter criticized the New York Times' reporting on a 1991 Crown Heights, NY murder and...