Airbnb astroturf group Peers gets a puff piece

Report a hoax, reap the traffic, and shrug off the consequences

Reporters overlook statistical problems in passing on eye-popping numbers

The toymaker backs down amid a murky legal case

As giant stores commercialize the last holdout, Bill O’Reilly & Co. shrug

An ill-timed story as Anne Wojcicki’s DNA testing outfit runs afoul of the FDA

A dismal press performance on a clear case of aggressive copyright infringement

But labor gets short shrift in too much of the coverage of encroaching commercialization

Audit radio on how the press mishandles an annual Thanksgiving press report

Drew Greenblatt’s frequent press hits usually omit National Association of Manufacturers ties