Errors and Inaccuracies in the News Media

11 Dead ! Media reports of Papua New Guinea tribal gang gun battle–Untrue

A violent gun battle erupted in the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea (SHP PNG)...not really. Even though this...

In a Feb. 15 post, blogger Rob Pitingolo complains about a front-page story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The story,...

As errors go, scientific and mathematical ones are often some of the easiest for journalists to make. Writers, more often...

Monday, mere hours after the New Orleans Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts in the 2010 Super Bowl, the Virginian-Pilot misprinted the game’s...

Only a month ago, Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander apologized to readers for long lag times in correcting factual errors...

A planned byline strike at the Minneapolis Star Tribune began as scheduled Tuesday, January 26. CityPages, a Minneapolis/St. Paul news...

TPM recently called out dozens of media outlets for continuing an unsubstantiated story that Umar Abdulmutallab--the man who allegedly tried...

A quick note for climate reporters and interested bloggers working in the Northern Hemisphere this winter: Just because it’s snowing...

A recent ABC News broadcast offers a stark example of how bad the problem of false balance in science reporting...