“Read SPJ Ethics Code!”
Patrice Veit, wrote to the River Falls Journal , River Falls, Wisconsin, Population 14,000, about a "stunning breach of journalistic…
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The Guardian's Ed Pilkington wrote,"The tentacle-like growth of clandestine advertising in American TV shows in the form of product placement…
New Evidence: Is War Photo Fake?
The UK Times' Richard Brooks wrote: "Field Marshal Montgomery arranged for 'action' scenes to be filmed well behind the frontline…
NY Times Retracts 12 Years Of Calling John McCain “Fighter Pilot”
In August, The New York Times published an unusual correction. Ryan Tate, Gawker reported the newspaper "had erroneously called Republican…
It’s Entertainment; not Polling
Special to StinkyJournalism.orgStill wonder what-the-heck those squiggly lines are at the bottom of your CNN screen during the Presidential debates?David…
The Independent’s “Great Depression” Front-Page is a Fake
Campaign Spot's John Trenchard reported the photograph that The Independent used to illustrate America's 2008 "great depression" on its April…
Rotten Apple Story: Steve Jobs Heart attack story fake
Mainstream media (MsM) has tried to blame bloggers for the publication of a false rumor that made Apple stocks tumble.James…
What Readers’ Advocate ?
EditorsWeblog's Lauren Drablier posted a recent report about the rapidly disappearing "ombudsmen," "readers' representatives" or "public editors." Newspapers seeking budget…
Old Time “Photoshop” — circa 1900
Swiss Army Librarian's Brian Herzog wrote, " Someone found a photo in the library's historical archive that had been later…
CNN’s "Thingamajig":
The similarity of CNN's "Live Audience Reaction" meter to the vital sign monitors in a hospital is unmistakable. Everyone knows…