When coverage gets ahead of the facts September 4, 2013 By Brendan Nyhan The consequences of covering dubious scandals and conspiracy theories
Watch: Nyhan on ‘scandal attention cycle’ August 12, 2013 By The Editors Brendan Nyhan, United States Project contributor, discusses how the media lost interest in the IRS targeting story
Shifting the goalposts on the IRS scandal August 5, 2013 By Brendan Nyhan A critic tries to reinterpret the controversy
Scandal! IRS official cites public record August 2, 2013 By David Cay Johnston An "exclusive" report about collusion against a conservative group comes up empty
WSJ minimizes the latest IRS news June 26, 2013 By David Cay Johnston A solid reporter’s story gives curiously short shrift to fresh facts. Meanwhile, what was the IG directed to find?
The IRS scandal unwinds June 25, 2013 By Ryan Chittum And Peggy Noonan pushes crazy conspiracy theories in the WSJ
No, the scandals aren’t dragging down Obama’s ratings (yet) June 3, 2013 By Brendan Nyhan Some reporters seize on an outlier poll, but others get the story right
Audit Notes: The IRS story in context, Silicon Valley oligarchs May 23, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Necessary context from ProPublica and the NYT on the overblown scandal