Category Archives: Media Behaving Badly

Gawker – Congratulations to Jonah Goldberg on the Pulitzer Nominations He Received From Himself: As MSNBC.com’s Bill Dedman notes, Goldberg’s claim to have been a “nominee” rests not on the fact that he was judged as a runner-up by the … Continue reading →

From Mediabistro, via reader Jim: Lilia Luciano, a Miami-based NBC News correspondent, is no longer working for the network, TVNewser has learned. Luciano last reported for NBC News March 31. Until that point, she had been reporting mainly on the … Continue reading →

NBC6 Zimmerman edit explanation: On March 19 NBC6 ran a story on the phone call George Zimmerman made in connection with the Trayvon Martin case. In that story an error in editorial judgment was made in which a question from … Continue reading →

Welcome, visitors from Instapundit, JustOneMinute, Michelle Malkin, Ace of Spades, and elsewhere. One interesting update to this story is that TalkLeft found that there was an earlier version of the Today show story from March 27th. NBC Producer Out But … Continue reading →

More here. Hat tip to Ace of Spades. Previously NBC Today Show does to the Zimmerman 911 call exactly what MSNBC did in print MSNBC Dowdifies a George Zimmerman Quote into Newspaper Blackout Poetry

The Hollywood Reporter – NBC News Accused of Editing 911 Call in Trayvon Martin Controversy. Same deal as with MSNBC. Here’s the edited version the Today show played: “This guy looks like he’s up to no good … he looks … Continue reading →

dowdification – The omission of a word or a phrase in order to reframe a quote and alter its meaning. This is usually done to help an author portray a particular viewpoint and is very common amongst weblogs. The term … Continue reading →

How did the New York Times manage to spend $40 million on its pay wall? I built a pay wall back in 1995 for the MIT Press, restricting access to some of their journals, e.g., Cell, to individual subscribers and … Continue reading →

Toyota Acceleration Panic Officially Over A federal investigation into the recall of Toyota vehicles found no electronic flaws to explain sudden, unintentional acceleration, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The latest report came … Continue reading →

ThereÂ’s more evidence that the liberal media influenced Eric Fuller than there is that Palin influenced Jared Loughner. Go FigureÂ…. Leftist Hero Eric Fuller Has Long History of Violent Unhinged Behavior Not that this would make a good story for … Continue reading →

Here’s a Google map of recent mass animal deaths around the world. Is it something to be alarmed about? I have no idea how common or rare that sort of thing is. It’s a big planet with lots of animals, … Continue reading →

Hypocrites.