by Sydney Smith on Apr 14, 2015
Jon Stewart takes on Rolling Stone’s UVA rape story on Daily Show
Jon Stewart often takes the media to task for its bad reporting, but the Comedy Central host of the Daily...
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by Sydney Smith on Apr 14, 2015
Nate Silver to Vox: ‘Stop stealing’ FiveThirtyEight’s charts
Data journalist Nate Silver called out news site Vox for "stealing" charts from other outlets, including his own site, fivethirtyeight.com....
by Sydney Smith on Apr 14, 2015
Journalism Award Finalists Announced, ‘Mirror’ Winners announced in June
Syracuse University's Newhouse School announced the finalists for its annual Mirror Awards today. Finalists include journalists at Yahoo, Columbia Journalism...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 13, 2015
‘I am basically holding a bomb in my hand,’ NBC News sued by Sporting Goods Company for false claim
A sporting goods company claims NBC News and Kentucky NBC-affiliate WLEX-TV defamed it by saying its shooting targets are dangerous...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 13, 2015
There was a warrant for Walter Scott, AP erred by saying no
Was there a warrant out for Walter Scott, the 50-year-old South Carolina man killed by North Charleston police officer Michael...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 12, 2015
HBO’s Silicon Valley Actor calls out Salon for Error
The news website Salon better double-check IMDB next time. Actor Kumail Nanjiani of HBO's Silicon Valley called out Salon for...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 10, 2015
Don’t say Germanwings Pilot Committed Suicide, NPR advises
National Public Radio advised its staff against using the word "suicide" to describe Germanwings pilot Andrea Lubitz, who crashed a...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 10, 2015
Why did Boston Judge Ban WHDH-TV Cameraman from Aaron Hernandez Trial?
Boston's Channel 7 WHDH-TV was called out by a Massachusetts judge for "juror harassment" in the Aaron Hernandez murder trial....
by Sydney Smith on Apr 10, 2015
BuzzFeed reinstates unpublished critical story about Dove ad campaign
BuzzFeed unpublished and then re-instated a blogpost about Dove soap, a BuzzFeed advertiser. The article is now back on BuzzFeed's...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 10, 2015
Nancy Reagan didn’t back Hillary Clinton, Bloomberg Politics duped
Bloomberg Politics fell for a hoax story saying Nancy Reagan is backing Hillary Clinton in her bid for the Presidency...