Today at 2 pm Eastern you should join me, Reuters’ Jack Shafer and my fellow Poynter person Mallary Tenore as we chat about 2011′s biggest journalistic errors. I’ve been working on my annual roundup of The Year in Media Errors and Corrections and have a bunch of candidates in mind. We’ll share the current finalists [...]
Below is my annual, depressing list of 2010's incidents of journalistic plagiarism. Also note that this year I argued that news organizations should use plagiarism detection services, examined why they don't and also offered a guide to sniffing out plagiarism. Please email me if I’ve missed any incidents. January None! February The Merced Sun-Star published [...]
While you’re here, please consider purchasing a copy of the Regret the Error book, which won an award for media criticism from the National Press Club, and also contains hundreds of hilarious corrections. You can learn more about the book and read some reviews here. The paperback edition includes a new introduction. Error of the [...]
Editor’s Note: This site doesn’t accept advertising (note: see UPDATE below). I’d be grateful if you’d consider purchasing a copy of the Regret the Error book, which won an award from the National Press Club this year. You can learn more about the book and read some reviews here. UPDATE March 2009: I’ve added some [...]
As noted in this year’s edition of the Crunks, 2008 saw an example of institutional plagiarism (the Bulletin), as well as an incident of institutional fabrication (Mainichi Daily News). Both are mentioned below, along with the rest of this year’s notable examples of plagiarism and fabrication. On the more positive side of things, this year [...]
Written and compiled by Craig Silverman Trends of Note Obama Errors Barack Obama appears to be a magnet for press errors. He was mistaken for “Osama” in two (1,2) news reports by CNN, and in one by the New York Post. Meanwhile, the Houston Chronicle once referred to him as a Republican, and the Hartford [...]
This is the least enjoyable part of running this site, but we suppose somebody’s got to do it. Herewith, a month-by-month report of instances of plagiarism and fabrication in the press. Of particular note is the high number of incidents of plagiarism at student newspapers this year. A disturbing trend, to be sure. January A [...]
