How the media gets the price of Thanksgiving dinner wrong ABC, NBC, Tech Times, and The Atlantic run with a press release November 26, 2014 By Ryan Chittum
Best of 2013: Ryan Chittum December 24, 2013 By Ryan Chittum A look back at some of my favorite posts this year
USA Today‘s stealth tilt toward free content December 23, 2013 By Dean Starkman The paper Al Neuharth built is still grappling with his legacy
Neocon WSJ editor sits down with France’s Iran critic December 20, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Gerard Baker gets a byline
Matt Yglesias #slatepitches dividends December 20, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Which are not inherently evil
Two paths for newspapers December 18, 2013 By Dean Starkman And Tribune Company is taking the wrong one.
Newspapers continue demonstrating indispensability December 16, 2013 By Dean Starkman Deeply reported mega-series in the NYT and WSJ add vastly to public knowledge
The Daily Show‘s jab at Gretchen Morgenson December 13, 2013 By Ryan Chittum NYT’s watchdog extraordinaire is not the poster girl for a complacent press
Audit Notes: Jamie Dimon’s doings, WSJ on Elizabeth Warren December 12, 2013 By Ryan Chittum JPMorgan Chase manages to avoid prosecution yet again, this time in Madoff case
Squeezing Time Inc. dry December 12, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Time Warner prepares to dump a dangerous debt load on its publishing spinoff
Fox’s Dennis Kneale takes on ‘out of control’ unions December 11, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Hosts an industry shill fighting against the hapless Alan Colmes over poverty wages
Beastie Boys sue GoldieBlox after all December 11, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Lawsuit says toy company "acted intentionally and despicably with oppression, fraud, and malice"
Audit Notes: Steve Jobs’ liver, NYT v. Bloomberg, WSJ overkill December 10, 2013 By Ryan Chittum The Commercial Appeal uncovers a conflict with the late Apple chief’s surgeon
Fortune flacks for the ‘sharing economy’ December 10, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Airbnb astroturf group Peers gets a puff piece
Audit Notes: BS as business model, Larry Kudlow, Third Way revealed December 6, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Report a hoax, reap the traffic, and shrug off the consequences
Credulous press for a report on abuse of female journalists December 6, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Reporters overlook statistical problems in passing on eye-popping numbers