Given the fact that journalists have been mixing up the names of President Obama and Osama Bin Laden for a good three years or more, it’s no surprise that the coverage of last night’s huge news included many of these slips. Here’s a sampler of Obama/Osama errors. This, from a local Fox affiliate, may be [...]
The Daily Show recently busted Sean Hannity for using misleading footage during a report about Rep. Michele Bachmann’s tea party rally at the Capitol. (See updated information at the bottom of this post.) Hannity subsequently apologized on air: Then, last week, Fox News had to apologize again for doing the same thing. This time it [...]
Keith Olbermann issued an on air correction this week: News Cycle reports that the transcript has been corrected. Report an error
A man posing as a McCain campaign advisor managed to convince several media outlets to take him seriously. In the end, he’s a filmmaker looking for publicity. Take it away, New York Times: It was among the juicier post-election recriminations: Fox News Channel quoted an unnamed McCain campaign figure as saying that Sarah Palin did [...]
In a segment on “Race for The White House” during the July 15 broadcast, MSNBC mistakenly listed Rep. Chris Van Hollen as one of the congressional Democrats who is reported to not be fully supportive of Barack Obama’s campaign for the presidency. The DCCC reports that Chairman Rep. Van Hollen has in fact endorsed Senator [...]
