Newspaper corrects: The Pope was Catholic
The (London) Times In its daily roundup of corrections and clarifications, The Times made an…
August 11, 2015
Regret the Error
Craig Silverman reports on trends and issues regarding media accuracy and the discipline of verification.Stories about errors, corrections, fact checking and verification
Newspaper apologizes for racist Confederate flag ad
The Roanoke Times The (Lexington, Virginia) News-Gazette has apologized after a surge of reader criticism…
July 24, 2015
NYT public editor: Pluto selfie correction probably not forthcoming
The New York Times Alas, what might've been the greatest correction to grace the pages…
July 20, 2015
The Boston Globe publishes typo of the day
The Boston Globe on Friday afternoon tweeted a typo that will propel you into the…
July 17, 2015
Diane Rehm apologizes (again) for asking Bernie Sanders about dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship
You'd think that one abject apology was enough. But national radio host Diane Rehm apologized…
June 11, 2015
Academic research: ‘Huge growth’ in fact checking by the media
As some wring their hands about a decline in newsroom resources and quality, there’s a…
April 20, 2015
Plagiarism questions at Chicago paper owned by a state legislator
Better Government Association Illinois state Sen. Steven M. Landek (D) The Better Government Association (BGA),…
March 20, 2015
How the Rouhani Meter fact-checks Iran’s president from 6,000 miles away
This article was republished with permission by the Duke Reporters’ Lab. Daniel Carp is a…
March 17, 2015
Quartz experiment: Shades of gray distinguish facts from hearsay
As of Sunday night, there remained many unknown elements about the over-the-top subscription service that HBO…
March 13, 2015
UK Guardian retracts key parts of Whisper stories
Wall Street Journal | Guardian Last October, the UK Guardian ran a contentious story alleging…
March 11, 2015
The lesson from the dress color debate that every journalist needs to know
Yesterday’s insane Internet debate over the color of a dress offers a critical lesson that…
February 27, 2015
Move quickly, keep it simple and other tips for debunking
I recently completed a research project that saw me spend several months studying how news…
February 12, 2015
Report: Online media are more a part of the problem of misinformation ‘than they are the solution’
On Tuesday evening, Craig Silverman will present his report for the Tow Center for Digital…
February 10, 2015
Veterans force NBC’s Brian Williams to apologize
NBC News anchor Brian Williams said on the evening broadcast Wednesday that he made a…
February 4, 2015
The year in media errors and corrections 2014
Correction of the Year This New York Times correction combines Kimye, butts and a writer treating…
December 18, 2014
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