Special Report: Sports
May 03,2008 |
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Alabama's Monster Pig Hoax, one year later |
| Consequences of infamous youth pig kill still being played out |
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Exclusive to ESPNOutdoors.com
In January, a Clay County grand jury was to decide if the Monster Pig hunters committed animal cruelty. The public never heard that the District Attorney who was to prosecute the case suddenly canceled . Now in April, another surprise. National Geographic UK film crew is in Alabama filming "Anatomy of a Hoax" about the monster hog killing. With all the unexpected twists and turns in this case, what else should the public know? Fred the pig may be dead but the consequences of his killing continue. |
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ABC News.com - How to Lie with Pictures
by Datamining
"ABC News has an article today...about pollution in American cities. The article is fronted with an image of Pittsburgh (on top of the list of polluted places) in all its smoggy glory. However, the image includes the Three Rivers Stadium. This stadium was demolished early in 2001. So why post an out of date image with this story?" » more
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| Stinky Journalism News - The Real Fake News |
Not all journalism stinks. But there are times when reported "facts" smell fishy. When news stories go bad, the reporter’s method is usually to blame. At Stinkyjournalism.org we advocate for more rigorous - and scientific - journalistic methodology.
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StinkyJournalism asked Reuters on 11/02/07:
"Did you have permission to enter a private home, take photos, sell & publish them?"
NEWS FLASH 01/08/08:
Reuters' Editor-in-Chief now admits their photojournalist Mario Anzuoni entered house during recent California wildfires evacuation without permission and they were wrong to do so. More info soon. Public announcement forthcoming . Time elapsed since SJ first asked Reuters...
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