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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
Backsliding on the ‘death panels’ myth
The need for caution—and avoiding “he said,” “she said”—in reporting on IPAB
By Brendan Nyhan May 10, 2013 at 11:53 AM
House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell released a letter on Thursday stating that they would not... 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
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
In one tweet
Luke Russert is the Golden Boy of DC
And it drives young journalists crazy
It’s official: We never need to worry about the future of journalism again!
The NYT shows us why
Why does Florida produce so much weird news? Experts explain
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
