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1 “Ground Zero” Mosque-and-Muslim Media Polls Tell Us What?
PollSkeptics Report
  September 01, 2010   05:10 am EST
“Ground Zero” Mosque-and-Muslim Media Polls Tell Us What?
  by George F. Bishop
2 Much Ado About . . . Obama’s Religion
PollSkeptics Report
  August 26, 2010   07:15 am EST
Much Ado About . . . Obama’s Religion
  by David W. Moore
3 Kyron Horman's Stepmom, Terri: Convicted by the media before any arrest?
The Faux Pas File
  August 18, 2010   05:28 am EST
Kyron Horman's Stepmom, Terri: Convicted by the media before any arrest?
  by Robert Buckman
4 Myths and Misconceptions of Presidential Approval Ratings
PollSkeptics Report
  August 05, 2010   06:48 am EST
Myths and Misconceptions of Presidential Approval Ratings
  by George F. Bishop
5 Pew's Credibility Gap: A Strange Tale of What Passes for Transparency Among America’s Polling Leaders
PollSkeptics Report
  July 29, 2010   04:44 am EST
Pew's Credibility Gap: A Strange Tale of What Passes for Transparency Among America’s Polling Leaders
  by David W. Moore
6 Kan. Pill Mill Doc Convicted: Wichita Eagle reporter still not disclosing conflict of interest
Special Report: Crime
  July 09, 2010   05:30 am EST
Kan. Pill Mill Doc Convicted: Wichita Eagle reporter still not disclosing conflict of interest
  by Sydney Smith
7 Rolling Stone's McChrystal profile: The Right, the Wrong, and the Ugly
The Faux Pas File
  June 27, 2010   12:27 pm EST
Rolling Stone's McChrystal profile: The Right, the Wrong, and the Ugly
  by Robert Buckman
8 Anti-Incumbency Electorate in 2010? Beware the Hype!
PollSkeptics Report
  June 14, 2010   05:37 am EST
Anti-Incumbency Electorate in 2010? Beware the Hype!
  by David W. Moore
9 Newsweek Corrects Photo Caption To Disclose Image is Illustration
Media
  June 07, 2010   07:23 am EST
Newsweek Corrects Photo Caption To Disclose Image is Illustration
  by Sydney Smith
10 Eyeball editing: Print media's overuse of spell-checker creates howlers
The Faux Pas File
  May 29, 2010   2:38 pm EST
Eyeball editing: Print media's overuse of spell-checker creates howlers
  by Robert Buckman
11 How Immigration Poll Majorities Are Born In The USA
PollSkeptics Report
  May 28, 2010   1:06 pm EST
How Immigration Poll Majorities Are Born In The USA
  by George F. Bishop
12 Wichita Eagle Court Reporter Doesn't Disclose His Wife's Firm Represents 'Pill Mill' Defendants
Media
  May 25, 2010   06:01 am EST
Wichita Eagle Court Reporter Doesn't Disclose His Wife's Firm Represents 'Pill Mill' Defendants
  by Sydney Smith
13 Where's the Outrage? Dutch Newspaper Interviews 9-year-old Plane Crash Survivor from his Hospital Bed
Disasters
  May 20, 2010   3:01 pm EST
Where's the Outrage? Dutch Newspaper Interviews 9-year-old Plane Crash Survivor from his Hospital Bed
  by Sydney Smith
14 Broadcast journalism's bad habit of wrong word choices
The Faux Pas File
  May 06, 2010   1:36 pm EST
Broadcast journalism's bad habit of wrong word choices
  by Robert Buckman
15 Rebutting Jared Diamond's Savage Portrait:
The Pig in a Garden Series
  April 28, 2010   05:59 am EST
Rebutting Jared Diamond's Savage Portrait:
What tribal societies can tell us about justice and liberty
  by Paul Sillitoe & Mako John Kuwimb
16 The Tea Party Myths : Polls "R"Us
PollSkeptics Report
  April 22, 2010   07:49 am EST
The Tea Party Myths : Polls "R"Us
  by George F. Bishop
17 Ernie Pyle, WWII correspondent who got it right, Killed 65 years ago this week
The Faux Pas File
  April 16, 2010   03:57 am EST
Ernie Pyle, WWII correspondent who got it right, Killed 65 years ago this week
  by Robert Buckman
18 Hating Congress: Too Much Democracy-in-Action?
PollSkeptics Report
  April 12, 2010   02:31 am EST
Hating Congress: Too Much Democracy-in-Action?
  by David W. Moore
19 We are Poll Skeptics, Not Poll Cynics
PollSkeptics Report
  April 05, 2010   06:01 am EST
We are Poll Skeptics, Not Poll Cynics
  by Pollsters George Bishop and David Moore
20 The military beat is important , so get your terms right
The Faux Pas File
  March 28, 2010   1:58 pm EST
The military beat is important , so get your terms right
  by Robert Buckman
21 For want of a tilde, the spelling is wrong!
The Faux Pas File
  March 15, 2010   08:35 am EST
For want of a tilde, the spelling is wrong!
  by Robert Buckman
22 2010 Top Ten "Dubious Polling" Awards
StinkyJournalism.org Presents:
  February 01, 2010   06:35 am EST
2010 Top Ten "Dubious Polling" Awards
  by Pollsters George Bishop and David Moore
23 Bombed in Afghanistan :
Media
  December 14, 2009   07:02 am EST
Bombed in Afghanistan :
What is Smithsonian magazine's ethical obligation to its freelance journalist injured on assignment?
  by Katie Rolnick
24 Jared Diamond in the Rough:
The Pig in a Garden Series
  September 14, 2009   09:41 am EST
Jared Diamond in the Rough:
Media, Misrepresentation, and Indigenous People
  by Valerie Alia
25 New York Times: Profiting From Deceptive Ads They Decry:
Media
  August 25, 2009   07:28 am EST
New York Times: Profiting From Deceptive Ads They Decry:
Paper Vows Investigation "to ensure this does not happen in the future"
  by Matthew Nestel
26 Hearing Stories, Telling Stories:
The Pig in a Garden Series
  July 20, 2009   8:11 pm EST
Hearing Stories, Telling Stories:
What narratives could tell Jared Diamond about the world
  by Paige West
27 Beef with Newsweek Buffalo Chart:
Media
  July 02, 2009
Beef with Newsweek Buffalo Chart:
"Back Story" Graphic Showing "Foreign Holders Of US Bonds" Is Bull!
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer
28 Copyright Cannibals: Environmental Graffiti.com :
Media
  June 16, 2009
Copyright Cannibals: Environmental Graffiti.com :
" WE ARE NOT JOURNALISTS, we are photo BLOGGERS...the same criteria does not apply to us."
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer
29 Did Daniel Wemp really say that?
The Pig in a Garden Series
  June 02, 2009
Did Daniel Wemp really say that?
Using corpus linguistics to evaluate the likelihood that Jared Diamond’s reported quotes in The New Yorker were ever spoken
  by Douglas Edward Biber
30 Hello from Papua New Guinea...By the way, we read The New Yorker :
The Pig in a Garden Series
  May 27, 2009
Hello from Papua New Guinea...By the way, we read The New Yorker :
Jared Diamond's reputation precedes him in Papua New Guinea
  by Michael McManus
31 Jared Diamond’s Tall Tale Gives Journalism a Bad Name
The Pig in a Garden Series
  May 22, 2009
Jared Diamond’s Tall Tale Gives Journalism a Bad Name
The New Yorker leaves many questions hanging
  by Alan Bisbort
32 Keeping the Peace in Micronesia:
The Pig in a Garden Series
  May 18, 2009
Keeping the Peace in Micronesia:
Matrilineal clans as solutions to—rather than causes of—vengeance
  by Glenn Petersen
33 The New Yorker’s Second Crisis of Conscience:
The Pig in a Garden Series
  May 14, 2009
The New Yorker’s Second Crisis of Conscience:
Why Jared Diamond is Neither the Fish of the Anthropologist Nor the Fowl of a Journalist
  by Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
34 Big Conservation In Papua New Guinea:
The Pig in a Garden Series
  May 11, 2009
Big Conservation In Papua New Guinea:
Jared Diamond�s New Yorker article reflects a larger problem
  by Andrew Mack
35 Jared Diamond's 'Light Elephants' and Dark Revenge in The New Yorker:
The Pig in a Garden Series
  May 06, 2009
Jared Diamond's 'Light Elephants' and Dark Revenge in The New Yorker:
The Problems Of Amateur Anthropology
  by Nancy Sullivan
36 Jared Diamond’s Factual Collapse:
Special Report: Media
  April 21, 2009
Jared Diamond’s Factual Collapse:
New Yorker Mag’s Papua New Guinea Revenge Tale Untrue’Tribal Members Angry, Want Justice
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer with Michael Kigl, Kritoe Keleba, Jeffrey Elapa
37 CBS GREG GUMBEL’S TECHNICAL FOUL:
Special Report: Media
  March 30, 2009
CBS GREG GUMBEL’S TECHNICAL FOUL:
EXCLUSIVE: "It wasn’t supposed to be an infomercial," says Gumbel’s agent
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer
38 ABC News’ Exploitation of Medical Conditions?
Media
  March 10, 2009
ABC News’ Exploitation of Medical Conditions?
The Dark Side of "News" as Entertainment
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer
39 Hurtful & Unfair Pilot Blame Game?
Disasters
  February 20, 2009
Hurtful & Unfair Pilot Blame Game?
False suggestions of error continue to dominate Continental Flight 3407 crash news
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer
40 1st Annual: 2009 TOP TEN "DUBIOUS POLLING" AWARDS
StinkyJournalism.org Presents:
  January 29, 2009
1st Annual: 2009 TOP TEN "DUBIOUS POLLING" AWARDS
  by Pollsters George Bishop and David Moore
41 First Fauxtography…Now Fauxdio?
Media News
  January 27, 2009
First Fauxtography…Now Fauxdio?
The BBC’s "Montage" Tampered With President Obama's Inaugural Words on Climate Change
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer and Danielle Elliot
42 Part I: The Unspoken Peril for "Citizen Journalists"
Special Report: The Tax Realities
  January 13, 2009
Part I: The Unspoken Peril for "Citizen Journalists"
Surprise! You Owe the IRS Some Gift Tax!
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer and Danielle Elliot
43 Parent Alert!
Media
  December 05, 2008
Parent Alert!
NY Times reporter sought teens on Facebook
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer
44 Catching Criminals with Photoshop ?
Crime
  November 21, 2008
Catching Criminals with Photoshop ?
Interview with Jim Hoerricks, LAPD, On Forensic Photography
  by Nathaniel Janis
45 Holy Gallup's Ghost !
Politics
  November 11, 2008
Holy Gallup's Ghost !
Top Pollster Admits Early Election Polls Can’t Be Trusted
  by David W. Moore
46 Hey, MsM and Bloggers, Dems and GOP:
Politics
  October 27, 2008
Hey, MsM and Bloggers, Dems and GOP:
Stop the flag pin blood feud !
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer
47 It's Entertainment; not Polling:
Politics
  October 07, 2008
It's Entertainment; not Polling:
Former Gallup Pollster Lampoons CNN's "Audience Reaction Meters" used in Presidential Debates
  by David W. Moore
48 CNN's "Thingamajig":
Politics
  October 01, 2008
CNN's "Thingamajig":
"Live Audience Reaction" Graphic Flat-lined at the Presidential Debates
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer
49 McCain's pin is not photoshopped :
Politics
  September 15, 2008
McCain's pin is not photoshopped :
Why we must hold both bloggers and MsM accountable
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer
50 Exclusive: Google Investigating Photoshopped Google Map Image
Science
  August 19, 2008
Exclusive: Google Investigating Photoshopped Google Map Image
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer
51 Alabama's Monster Pig Hoax, one year later
Special Report: Sports
  May 03, 2008
Alabama's Monster Pig Hoax, one year later
Consequences of infamous youth pig kill still being played out
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer
52 STEALTH REDESIGN
Special Report: Politics
  April 21, 2008
STEALTH REDESIGN
After splitting its website from the MSNBC.com site and reclaiming its copyright, Newsweek also removed the MSNBC and Microsoft logos from its print masthead. Why?
  by Jeremy J. Miller
53 When NBC "Nightly News" promotes History Channel programming, the public is no April Fool
Editor's Desk
  April 02, 2008
When NBC "Nightly News" promotes History Channel programming, the public is no April Fool
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer
54 The Impossible Measure of "Dimness"
Science
  March 03, 2008
The Impossible Measure of "Dimness"
Charlotte Allen’s sexist article in the Washington Post revives 19th century racist research on brain size.
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer
55 A McCain Affair?
Politics
  February 22, 2008
A McCain Affair?
Did the NY Times run an unfair story about John McCain? Or did it wait too long to run it?
  by ASRL
56 Where The Antelope DON'T Play:
Media News
  February 21, 2008
Where The Antelope DON'T Play:
Chinese Photographer Confesses To Faking Picture
  by Adam Klasfeld
57 EXCLUSIVE: FOLLOW THE BACON :
Special Report: Sports
  January 29, 2008
EXCLUSIVE: FOLLOW THE BACON :
12 Year Old Monster Pig Hunter Faces Possible Animal Cruelty Charges in Alabama
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer
58 Lifted!?$
Editor's Desk
  January 09, 2008
Lifted!?$
Did the New York Post, ahem, "borrow" StinkyJournalism's front page cover design?
  by Adam Klasfeld
59 REAL FIREPROOF DOLL... OR PLACED AFTER FIRE?
Special Report: Media
  December 10, 2007
REAL FIREPROOF DOLL... OR PLACED AFTER FIRE?
Reuters declares photo of fire scene real, not with evidence, but because they say so.
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer
60 DO THE MEDIA REGRET THE ERRORS?
Media
  November 30, 2007
DO THE MEDIA REGRET THE ERRORS?
Interview with author Craig Silverman
  by Jeremy J. Miller
61 Anatomy of a Correction / Correction of Anatomy
Crime
  November 29, 2007
Anatomy of a Correction / Correction of Anatomy
13ABC.com headline writers learn that a leg is not a foot
  by Adam Klasfeld
62 MODERN <I>TIMES</I>:
Media
  October 30, 2007
MODERN TIMES:
Senior editor Greg Brock talks about new NY Times correction database
  by Adam Klasfeld
63 STINKYJOURNALISM STUDY: Fred Finishes First
Special Report: Politics
  October 19, 2007
STINKYJOURNALISM STUDY: Fred Finishes First
Thompson Number 1 - among GOP and Dems - in Newsweek Article Race
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer
64 'Roid Rage
Crime
  October 18, 2007
'Roid Rage
NYPD Cries Foul Over Erroneous Report of Steroid Drug Bust but Post Fix Misses
  by Adam Klasfeld
65 CORRECTION CONNECTION:
Media
  October 05, 2007
CORRECTION CONNECTION:
CYF Discovers Undisclosed Roll-Out of New NYT Corrections Software
  by Jeremy J. Miller
66 Fred, White and Blue
Special Report: Politics
  September 27, 2007
Fred, White and Blue
Meet Fred Thompson, the NBC-Newsweek Candidate
  by ASRL
67 RADIO STATIONS WITHOUT BORDERS:
Health
  September 18, 2007
RADIO STATIONS WITHOUT BORDERS:
Since when did public radio start running medical infomercials?
  by London Shearer Allen
68 THE INVISIBLE POLITICS OF COMAIR 5191:
Politics
  September 06, 2007
THE INVISIBLE POLITICS OF COMAIR 5191:
Why has the press been blind to the partisan politics in the investigation of the crash of Comair 5191?
  by Adam Klasfeld
69 MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DON’T:
Politics
  August 23, 2007
MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DON’T:
FCC Stays Mum About Plans to Monitor 2008 Election Coverage
  by Sabrina Ali
70 MONKEY TROUBLE
Media
  August 07, 2007
MONKEY TROUBLE
Slate "Monkeyfishing" Hoax Uncovered by Columbia Graduate Student Gretchen Cuda
  by ASRL
71 GETTIN´ JIGGY WITH POLITICS:
Politics
  July 30, 2007
GETTIN´ JIGGY WITH POLITICS:
Obama’s campaign managers would be well advised to respond to the come-ons of “Obama Girl”
  by Megan Miller
72 INTERPORK:
Special Report: Sports
  July 26, 2007
INTERPORK:
Swedish Publication Hunts Down American Hogzilla II Hoax
  by Carina Christiansen
73 Pit Bull Rapist Safe For Now
Special Report: Crime
  July 18, 2007
Pit Bull Rapist Safe For Now
Interview with SPCA director on the fate of a convicted dog.
  by Adam Klasfeld
74 SHAMELESS:
Special Report: Politics
  July 18, 2007
SHAMELESS:
Fred Thompson Stoops To New Lows In Quest For "Campaign" Airtime
  by Sabrina Ali
75 Pit Bull "Molested And Attacked" Toddler?
Special Report: Crime
  July 13, 2007
Pit Bull "Molested And Attacked" Toddler?
Reports of an unusual dog attack in Buffalo starting to lose credibility.
  by Adam Klasfeld
76 BU$TED HEAD:
Media
  July 12, 2007
BU$TED HEAD:
New York Post Headline Flirts With Full Blown Fabrication
  by London Shearer Allen
77 BURNED ON PARIS:
Gossip
  July 11, 2007
BURNED ON PARIS:
Why are respected news outlets in "hot" pursuit of celebrity gossip?
  by Megan Miller
78 TWISTED:
Politics
  July 11, 2007
TWISTED:
How Obama's Speech About the Politics of Despair Was Transformed Into a Dark Warning
  by Craig Rothstein
79 EVEN FACT CHECKERS GET THE BLUES:
Media
  July 10, 2007
EVEN FACT CHECKERS GET THE BLUES:
Village Voice Writer Not That Tom Robbins
  by Adam Klasfeld
80 A "Brutal" Speculation
Crime
  July 03, 2007
A "Brutal" Speculation
The Daily News reported a false rumor of a 5-year-old girl’s rape and murder but admits no wrong.
  by Adam Klasfeld
81 VIEWER'S CHOICE:
Media
  July 03, 2007
VIEWER'S CHOICE:
Are magazine editors catering too much to readers?
  by Megan Miller
82 SPECIAL (ANONYMOUS) FRIENDS EPISODE:
Special Report: Politics
  June 15, 2007
SPECIAL (ANONYMOUS) FRIENDS EPISODE:
How Newsweek’s fawning coverage of Fred Thompson serves an undisclosed media giant
  by Jeremy J. Miller
83 PIG TALES
Special Report: Sports
  June 01, 2007
PIG TALES
When news becomes a game, everyone loses.
  by Jeremy J. Miller
84 Mike Stone, Unturned
Special Report: Sports
  June 01, 2007
Mike Stone, Unturned
Rhonda Shearer's Response to Monster Pig's Rant
  by ASRL
85 BIG PIG SMACK DOWN: BIG NORM'S OWNER WEIGHS IN.
Special Report: Sports
  June 01, 2007
BIG PIG SMACK DOWN: BIG NORM'S OWNER WEIGHS IN.
Says Monster Pig a Fraud Like Hogzilla
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer
86 Hyped Hog Hits Speedbump on Way to Fame.
Special Report: Sports
  June 01, 2007
Hyped Hog Hits Speedbump on Way to Fame.
Will the requests for the Monster Pig and Boy Photo continue to fetch $500 a pop?
  by Craig Rothstein
87 "The Monster Pig Photo's a Fake:" Reader's Comments
Special Report: Sports
  May 30, 2007
"The Monster Pig Photo's a Fake:" Reader's Comments
Exclusive Interview: With Kerry Dart, New York Farmer and Owner of World's Largest Hog
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer
88 HOG WASHED!
Special Report: Sports
  May 29, 2007
HOG WASHED!
Stinky Journalism investigation debunks AP and FOX News: “Giant Hog with Small Boy" Photo
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer
89 The Ascent of Truth
Crime
  May 03, 2007
The Ascent of Truth
WNBC Report Contained a Critical Mass of Errors
  by Adam Klasfeld
90 COX JUMPS SHIP:
Media
  April 25, 2007
COX JUMPS SHIP:
The Imus gang stayed onboard as Ana Marie grabbed a life preserver
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer
91 NY DAILY NEWS CASTS BIG APPLE AS MAYBERRY
Gossip
  April 23, 2007
NY DAILY NEWS CASTS BIG APPLE AS MAYBERRY
Or, How Three Random Sources on Baldwin Rant Became Page 7 News
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer
92 BRING ON THE BILLIONAIRES:
Business
  March 22, 2007
BRING ON THE BILLIONAIRES:
CJR’s Solution For Saving Tribune Company
  by Jeremy J. Miller
93 ABOUT TO BUY THE (WIKI) FARM:
Politics
  March 22, 2007
ABOUT TO BUY THE (WIKI) FARM:
Special Interest Groups Break Away From Wikipedia
  by Sid Johnston
94 StinkyJournalism investigation triggers retraction from Tribune columnist Charles Madigan
Media
  March 02, 2007
StinkyJournalism investigation triggers retraction from Tribune columnist Charles Madigan
"Info-pimp" champion learns the origin of the term.
  by Jeremy J. Miller, Sid Johnston
95 BARBARIANS AT THE PARLOR DOOR
Media
  February 16, 2007
BARBARIANS AT THE PARLOR DOOR
Salon's Gary Kamiya fends off the unwashed masses commenting on his articles.
  by Jeremy J. Miller
96 Journalistic Standards Go to the Dogs (and Cats)
Science
  December 12, 2006
Journalistic Standards Go to the Dogs (and Cats)
Modern science must reaffirm to news outlets that felines don't give birth to puppies
  by Jeremy J. Miller
97 When Fear Mongers Attack
Science
  December 12, 2006
When Fear Mongers Attack
Is there something wrong when a scary Rotweiller dog stock photo is used to illustrate all pit bull breed attack stories?
  by Jeremy J. Miller
98 You thought you were having a difficult day?
Media
  August 26, 2006
You thought you were having a difficult day?
NY Daily News misidentifies woman in motorcycle accident as a man.
  by Rhonda Roland Shearer
99 Self-Correcting News Network
Disasters
  July 27, 2005
Self-Correcting News Network
CNN.com and Phil Hirschkorn’s quick, transparent corrections about 9/11 victims demonstrate integrity.
  by David Friedlander
100 Are Hijackers Counted As Victims?
Disasters
  July 20, 2005
Are Hijackers Counted As Victims?
According to CNN reporter Phil Hirschkorn, they are sometimes.
  by David Friedlander
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