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
Michael Milken, financier and philanthropist (UPDATED) March 19, 2014 By Ryan Chittum The Washington Post and WSJ forget a key piece of information
Automatic approval for weak study on robot journalism March 19, 2014 By Ryan Chittum Poor reporting accepts a flimsy report as gospel
Audit Notes: Tribune gets results, Buffett’s sweet deal, China March 18, 2014 By Ryan Chittum An investigation of the flame-retardant industry snares a doctor
Audit Notes: A fallen journo does retail, local gone wrong, Abelson March 13, 2014 By Ryan Chittum Former Politico reporter on falling down the ladder
The great Herbalife astroturf war March 12, 2014 By Ryan Chittum The New York Times probes Bill Ackman’s campaign against the multilevel marketer
Audit Notes: Agnotology, Blame-the-borrowers debunked, WSJ goes native March 12, 2014 By Ryan Chittum Michael Hiltzik looks at the cultural production of ignorance
A letter from death row backfires on Gawker (UPDATED) March 11, 2014 By Ryan Chittum The site let Ray Jasper whitewash the brutal killing he helped commit
Newsweek and ‘trust us’ journalism March 10, 2014 By Ryan Chittum "The Face of Bitcoin" promised too much
The NYT preps its paywall part deux March 7, 2014 By Ryan Chittum A few details emerge on the cheaper NYT Now, plus a high-end subscription
An enterprising Journal fills gaps on investor protection March 7, 2014 By Ryan Chittum An outstanding investigation of FINRA, Wall Street’s self-regulator, continues
The Guardian‘s digital boom March 5, 2014 By Ryan Chittum Revenue rises sharply online for a second-straight year
Marc Andreessen’s news-business fairy tale March 5, 2014 By Ryan Chittum The news industry is not in for exponential growth
Audit Notes: Video ads, NPR on the Hamster Wheel, ProPublica’s data store March 4, 2014 By Ryan Chittum Adweek on TV versus online video
