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
ESPN’s journalism problem August 26, 2013 By Dean Starkman A network’s massive conflicts emphasize the need for media independence
Audit Notes: Complex collapse, Sears spiral, NYT August 26, 2013 By Ryan Chittum The Guardian on the Nasdaq systems failure
Those struggling $300,000-a-year households in the WSJ August 23, 2013 By Ryan Chittum A terribly boring story, spiced up by the minor discomforts of the rich
The WSJ short-arms a promising Amazon piece August 22, 2013 By Ryan Chittum On how physical retailers are getting more competitive on prices
Bloomberg as the anti-News Corp. August 21, 2013 By Dean Starkman Its transparent handling of snooping allegations starkly contrasts with News Corp. cover-ups
Audit Notes: The Guardian, LAT on the OCR, Google bus piñata August 21, 2013 By Ryan Chittum The fallout continues from the paper’s latest revelations
Audit Notes: Murdoch’s hacking scandal, disrupted, the fall of Detroit August 20, 2013 By Ryan Chittum The police eye the corporation in their hacking and bribery investigation
Guardian bombshells in an escalating battle against journalism August 19, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Greenwald partner’s detention, prior-restraint threats, and smashed hard drives
The Washington Post‘s pension math August 19, 2013 By Ryan Chittum The Grahams didn’t effectively pay to unload the paper
The OC Register‘s transportation snarl August 19, 2013 By Dean Starkman A media company’s deal to serve as a broker for a city transportation hub is a bridge too far
Innumeracy in The New York Times on Politico August 16, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Revenue is not profit, Ross Douthat
Daily Beast doubles down on Big Mac minimum wage nonsense August 16, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Extrapolations collide with hard numbers
Audit Notes: student loans and startups, Clinton’s cronies, mountains of salt August 16, 2013 By Ryan Chittum The Atlantic‘s critical look at a WSJ report
Audit Notes: Waywire and Booker, One Weird Trick, souped-up gentrification August 15, 2013 By Ryan Chittum The sketchy startup is still raising money from investors
The WSJ leads on algobots and the press August 14, 2013 By Ryan Chittum A trader-founded "news service" lands in the FBI spotlight