by Sydney Smith on Oct 02, 2017
Did Tom Petty Die? LAPD apologizes, news outlets walk back reports
Is Tom Petty dead? Monday afternoon, news outlets began reporting that the famous rock musician and frontman of Tom Petty...
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 02, 2017
‘Deeply Unacceptable’ Las Vegas shooting Facebook post gets CBS VP Hayley Geftman-Gold fired
CBS fired Hayley Geftman-Gold, a vice president in the legal department with CBS (not CBS News), after her Facebook comments...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 02, 2017
Gateway Pundit IDs Wrong Las Vegas Shooter, Hits Delete
Conservative website Gateway Pundit claimed Geary Danley was the Las Vegas shooter who left more than 50 dead. Furthermore, this...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 02, 2017
Canadian govt secret revealed: Will gay Chechens seeking to leave Russia now pay the price?
If it was a Canadian government secret, it's no longer secret now, thanks to the Globe & Mail. Will gay...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 01, 2017
Corrections: Kim Jong Un not South Korea Leader, AP didn’t overhear Lindsey Graham on phone call with Senator
And it's time for our latest installment of entertaining or newsworthy corrections, beginning with which country Kim Jong Un leads....
by Sydney Smith on Sep 30, 2017
Puerto Rico is part of the U.S., Engadget, NY Daily News said otherwise
Puerto Rico is part of the United States as a commonwealth with its members having U.S. citizenship. After Hurricane Maria...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 29, 2017
NPR adds editor’s note after criticism of college students offensive speech survey
Would a sizeable chunk of America's college students really use violence against speakers they found offensive? Many news outlets, including...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 29, 2017
Landlord Didn’t Threaten to Shoot his Tenants, Daily Record Clarifies
The Daily Record in Scotland published one doozy of a clarification after wrongly reporting a landlord threatened to shoot his...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 28, 2017
Why did Daily Caller post & then delete Glenn Thrush Chutzpah Video?
The conservative news site The Daily Caller published -- and then, after being accused of anti-semitism, deleted -- a video...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 28, 2017
NPR Needs Transparency with Corrections, Public Editor says
National Public Radio doesn't give corrections enough on-air prominence, public editor Elizabeth Jensen recently argued. While NPR does post corrections...