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StinkyJournalism Media Picks
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Speed Vs. Accuracy: Recent Chamber of Commerce Hoax Reopens The Debate
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| by Molika Ashford, Stinkyjournalism.org |
November 03, 2009 07:46 am EST
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| Craig Silverman, above, weighed speed versus accuracy in a recent blog post. (Photo from MastheadOnline.com) |
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The prank-press conference held last week by farcical activists the Yes Men has reopened the “speed versus accuracy” debate, an argument that has taken place in journalism for a good 200 years. Craig Silverman wrote about the issue in the Columbia Journalism Review's blog Regret The Error on October 23.
After receiving a faux-press release last week, purportedly from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce announcing a shift in policy to support climate legislation in Congress,...Go to full story
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Is October National Hoax Month?
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| by Katie Rolnick, Stinkyjournalism.org |
October 31, 2009 04:25 am EST
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Apparently, October is National Hoax Month -- or so it would seem, given the proliferation of fraudulent stories that appeared over the past couple weeks. It all began with a boy not in a balloon...
By now, you've almost certainly heard of Falcon Heene, the 6-year-old boy from Fort Collins, Colorado who, for a brief period of time, was thought to be trapped inside his father's homemade weather balloon. News crews flocked to capture the scene and helicopters from the Colorado...Go to full story
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Reuters Falls For Chamber Of Commerce Hoax: Says Report Could Have Affected Markets
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| by Molika Ashford, Stinkyjournalism.org |
October 24, 2009 12:52 pm EST
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| In this YouTube video--see screen capture above--a fake Chamber of Commerce press conference--organized by activist group the Yes Men--is halted when a real Chamber of Commerce representative interrupts. |
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Reuters (and subsequently The New York Times and Washington Post) fell for a hoax press release issued by the farcical activists the Yes Men on Monday, October 19.
Greg Sargent writes in his blog that Reuters published the story, reporting that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce had reversed its opposition to climate change legislation, based on a hoax press release. The Reuters story was then picked up by the New York Times and the Washington Post, among other...Go to full story
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YouTube Announces "Reporters' Center" Channel to Coach Journalists
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| by Rhonda Roland Shearer, StinkyJournalism.org |
June 29, 2009
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| Katie Couric, CBS News, is shown here in her new training video for YouTube's "YouTube Reporters' Center: Helping you report the news " |
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YouTube announced today the launch of their "YouTube Reporters' Center: Helping you report the news."
YouTube, along with "several top news and media organizations," have formed a "dedicated channel that features how-to videos on news reporting."
The press release describes a "one-stop-shop for journalism training online, the YouTube Reporters' Center covers a wide range of topics, from preparing for interviews, to fact-checking, to...Go to full story
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Reuters Mis-Captioned Photos:
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| Blogger says flares are being mislabeled as missles |
| by Danielle Elliot, StinkyJournalism.org |
February 05, 2009
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| The bottom Reuters photograph is mis-captioned, according to blogger Bob Owens. The bottom photo shows a defensive flare being launched; whereas the top image shows an offensive missile being fired. Matt from VA, a commenter on Owens blog cites AP, another media outlet, as able to get the difference between flares and missiles right. Then why can't Reuters also get it right? According to Owens, such errors illustrate Reuters bias. |
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The problem with media errors is that there can be the perception, if not the reality, of a bias that created the mistake. This is especially true in sensitive areas such as the Middle East conflicts. Reuters should know from a previous scandal that extra care needs to be taken for fact checking--even in captions.
And yet, Bob Owens of Pajama Media points out recent questionable captions have occurred in four Reuters photographs. He wrote that Reuters...Go to full story
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G. I. Joe doll was passed off as Hostage in 2005
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| by Rhonda Roland Shearer, StinkyJournalism.org |
October 23, 2008
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| Terrorists threaten to behead soldier who turned out to be a G.I.Joe doll staged to appear as hostage. |
One wonders if the terrorist bought the full accessories for their Baghdad Bob G I. Joe action figure? |
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James Joyner, Outside the Beltway said that when the hostage photograph and threat, first appeared on a website, and soon after, in the press, bloggers thought the soldier was photoshopped. However, Matt Drudge (via Politburo Diktat) quickly discovered it was "G.I. Joe" that was staged by terrorist thugs. "Baghdad Bob" was only a 12 inch tall action figure. Reuters and other mainstream media were punked by insurgents--of all people. They employed an easy optical... Go to full story
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Reuters Spread Hamas Propaganda With Fake Power Outage Photos
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| by Warner Todd Huston |
September 09, 2008
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| Note the dramatic candle light is not needed if someone just opened the curtains!
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Last January 2008...Reuters published a staged fauxtograph with the caption... "Palestinian lawmakers attend a parliament session in candlelight during a power cut in Gaza January 22, 2008. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem."
"But look at the sunlight shining through the windows on the right. A careful observer sees no candle power is needed. The power outage in this image is cured by opening the curtains." » more... Go to full story
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