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He-Said She-Said and Death Panels
A Q&A with the Manship School’s Dr. Regina Lawrence
By Joel Meares May 27, 2011 at 11:34 AM
Almost two years ago, former governor of Alaska Sarah Palin sent out her infamous “death panels” post on Facebook. The... More
“Death Panels” Report Reaches Depressing Conclusions
The media is ineffective at dispelling false rumors
By Craig Silverman May 27, 2011 at 11:43 AM
Harold Camping was wrong about the rapture happening this past weekend, but it’s unlikely he’ll ever admit to being wrong... More
Audit Notes: The Big Lie of the crisis, Hubbard and Mozilo, institutions
The attempts to muddy the historical record continue
By Ryan Chittum Jan 14, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Jesse Eisinger has a good New York Times column skewering Edward Pinto, the American Enterprise Institute economist behind much of... More
Misinformation Propagation
Scientists work to combat false memes
By Craig Silverman Nov 4, 2011 at 12:18 PM
Growing up in Rome, Filippo Menczer used to watch the local con artists offer gullible tourists a chance to buy... More
The Backfire Effect
More on the press’s inability to debunk bad information
By Craig Silverman Jun 17, 2011 at 11:44 AM
Which of these headlines strikes you as the most persuasive: “I am not a Muslim, Obama says.” “I am a... More
Zombie Lie Laboratory Creates 62 Percent Tax Rate Plan
The Wall Street Journal editorial page at work
By Ryan Chittum May 27, 2011 at 02:31 PM
Stephen Moore of The Wall Street Journal editorial board hacks out an instant classic on how to mislead people with... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
Public television’s attempts to placate David Koch
One journalist took matters into his own hands when a fellow audience member wouldn’t stop using her smartphone during a theater performance
Purchasing Tumblr is Yahoo’s flashy bet on a shift in social media
The shift from Facebook to more creative social networks
Gay Talese’s outline for ‘Frank Sinatra Has a Cold,’ 1966
Handwritten on a shirt board
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
