by Danielle Elliot on Feb 19, 2009
“Obama Hope” Poster Artist’s Lawsuit Against AP:
AP may have a problem with the now famed graffiti artist's use of a photo for his "HOPE" Obama poster,...
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by Danielle Elliot on Feb 18, 2009
Urgency No Excuse for Inaccuracy: NYT on Caroline Kennedy False Story
Clark Hoyt, public editor of the NY Times, says the rush to beat competitors caused Times reporter Danny Hakim to...
by Danielle Elliot on Feb 17, 2009
France 2 Faking It Again: Are Empty Grocery shelves in Gaza for Real?
France 2 is again accused of fakery in their coverage of the conflict in the Gaza Strip. In this latest...
by Danielle Elliot on Feb 16, 2009
New York Times Management Mute on O’Reilly Threats
Does media ownership have a responsibility to their staff to defend reporters against suggestions of violence? When Bill O'Reilly and Bernie Goldberg said on O'Reilly's...
by Danielle Elliot on Feb 12, 2009
France 2 Tries to Pass Off 2005 Hamas Dead Bodies Footage as from 2008
A France 2 report showed old footage - from 2005, of the dead bodies of children killed by the accidental explosion of a...
by Danielle Elliot on Feb 11, 2009
NY Times Gets Philosophical on Citizen Journalism
Robert Mackey, on the The New York Times blog "The Lede", questioned the impact of citizen journalism. Citizen journalists don't...
by Danielle Elliot on Feb 09, 2009
NewsBusters Busted: George W. Bush Gaza Overlay Photo was by ABC
After ABC News overlaid an AP photo of former President George W. Bush in the corner of a Getty photo...
by Danielle Elliot on Feb 09, 2009
Blogger Debunks Holocaust Hoax:
How can every professional reporter be fooled but a blogger --who doesn't have the same resources available--realizes he should doggedly...
by Danielle Elliot on Feb 06, 2009
Famed Nikita Khrushchev Shoe Banging Story Long In Doubt:
Assumptions about common knowledge can be very dangerous. As the saying goes, a journalist even needs to check "if his mother loves him."...
by Danielle Elliot on Feb 05, 2009
Reuters’ Middle East Photos: Caption Fail
The problem with media errors is that there can be the perception, if not the reality, of a bias that...