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Posted at 12:05 AM ET, 10/31/2011

Herman Cain allegations: The evolution of denial

By Erik Wemple

Confirmation, bluster, then denial

By Erik Wemple | 12:05 AM ET, 10/31/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:57 PM ET, 10/28/2011

NYT’s Joe Nocera speaks at securities conference

By Erik Wemple

Appearing at a securities conference.

By Erik Wemple | 12:57 PM ET, 10/28/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:29 AM ET, 10/28/2011

James O’Keefe, proving the worthlessness of deception

By Erik Wemple

Do better work, or else.

By Erik Wemple | 09:29 AM ET, 10/28/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:29 PM ET, 10/27/2011

Shirky on O’Keefe

By Erik Wemple

No consultant fees.

By Erik Wemple | 04:29 PM ET, 10/27/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:11 PM ET, 10/27/2011

O’Keefe wrong about Shirky

By Erik Wemple

Not so, says the Times

By Erik Wemple | 03:11 PM ET, 10/27/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:49 PM ET, 10/27/2011

O’Keefe, Shirky, Rosen, and the nothing sandwich

By Erik Wemple

James O’Keefe catches nothing, much less a journalist.

By Erik Wemple | 02:49 PM ET, 10/27/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:20 AM ET, 10/27/2011

Biden and rape question: Picture?

By Erik Wemple

Misrepresentation? Yes

By Erik Wemple | 09:20 AM ET, 10/27/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:20 PM ET, 10/26/2011

Gawker pay-for-links scoop: Journalism is a miserable racket

By Erik Wemple

Goes to show how tough a biz journalism is

By Erik Wemple | 04:20 PM ET, 10/26/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:10 PM ET, 10/26/2011

Wall Street Journal: No muffin consumption

By Erik Wemple

Undisputed winner of the muffin story, or non-story

By Erik Wemple | 04:10 PM ET, 10/26/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:35 AM ET, 10/26/2011

O’Reilly-Perry: Instaclassic

By Erik Wemple

And here’s why

By Erik Wemple | 09:35 AM ET, 10/26/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:42 PM ET, 10/25/2011

Fox News’s Megyn Kelly: Most amazing question/non-question in TV history

By Erik Wemple

And the most complicated question ever posed on television

By Erik Wemple | 04:42 PM ET, 10/25/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:10 PM ET, 10/25/2011

Bloomberg, Koch and Iran: Where’s the trade scandal?

By Erik Wemple

Where’s the trade scandal?

By Erik Wemple | 02:10 PM ET, 10/25/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:50 PM ET, 10/25/2011

Bittman and his meat: A cutlet above

By Erik Wemple

Mark Bittman’s fondness for sauteed meat

By Erik Wemple | 12:50 PM ET, 10/25/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 05:47 PM ET, 10/24/2011

Dow Jones boss Les Hinton: ‘a mushroom’?

By Erik Wemple

Like a “mushroom”?

By Erik Wemple | 05:47 PM ET, 10/24/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:19 PM ET, 10/24/2011

Michele Norris and NPR: Tough call

By Erik Wemple

But why?

By Erik Wemple | 04:19 PM ET, 10/24/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:42 PM ET, 10/24/2011

James O’Keefe, whiffing with his gotcha attempt on Sam Stein

By Erik Wemple

Why not set up ‘source’ to drink with reporter?

By Erik Wemple | 01:42 PM ET, 10/24/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 11:19 AM ET, 10/24/2011

Kurtz on Ratigan: no ‘entertainer’

By Erik Wemple

Howard Kurtz on CNN show says MSNBC host is ‘no entertainer.’

By Erik Wemple | 11:19 AM ET, 10/24/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:30 PM ET, 10/21/2011

Bachmann and New Hampshire staff: 100 percent hypocritical

By Erik Wemple

Then scolds the media for the same thing.

By Erik Wemple | 04:30 PM ET, 10/21/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:32 PM ET, 10/21/2011

More on copy-editing

By Erik Wemple

Thanks for the toughness, readers

By Erik Wemple | 03:32 PM ET, 10/21/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 11:35 AM ET, 10/21/2011

The Washington Post and copy-editing

By Erik Wemple

A tough sell

By Erik Wemple | 11:35 AM ET, 10/21/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:31 AM ET, 10/21/2011

Russian reporter sees around corners in Baltimore

By Erik Wemple

Story follows preconception.

By Erik Wemple | 09:31 AM ET, 10/21/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 05:41 PM ET, 10/20/2011

CNN and Romney ad: What’s fair use?

By Erik Wemple

CNN asks Romney campaign to pull anti-Perry ad

By Erik Wemple | 05:41 PM ET, 10/20/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:55 PM ET, 10/20/2011

NPR and Simeone: Lots of corrections

By Erik Wemple

The sudden and dramatic media bubble reflects just how little people, and the media, understand about NPR.

By Erik Wemple | 04:55 PM ET, 10/20/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:19 PM ET, 10/20/2011

NPR, Lisa Simeone and opera: Plenty of opportunity for bias!

By Erik Wemple

Plenty of opportunity for bias

By Erik Wemple | 01:19 PM ET, 10/20/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:20 AM ET, 10/20/2011

Shafer: Leave the newsroom if you feel pressured

By Erik Wemple

Leave the newsroom? Who’s gonna do that?

By Erik Wemple | 09:20 AM ET, 10/20/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:43 PM ET, 10/19/2011

Phone-hacking scandal: ‘Rogue’ thing was off

By Erik Wemple

Lawyer tells Parliament he knew defense was wrong

By Erik Wemple | 04:43 PM ET, 10/19/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:09 PM ET, 10/19/2011

Baltimore paper’s e-mail release: ethical?

By Erik Wemple

But did it have the right to publish it?

By Erik Wemple | 01:09 PM ET, 10/19/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 11:20 AM ET, 10/19/2011

Fox News on Occupy Wall Street protesters: No iPhones, please

By Erik Wemple

Should the movement be shunning the iPhone?

By Erik Wemple | 11:20 AM ET, 10/19/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 10:12 PM ET, 10/18/2011

Republican debate: Your Twitter guide

By Erik Wemple

Where to find the good tweets.

By Erik Wemple | 10:12 PM ET, 10/18/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:31 PM ET, 10/18/2011

Republican debate: Will the audience behave?

By Erik Wemple

For tonight’s CNN debate

By Erik Wemple | 01:31 PM ET, 10/18/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:25 AM ET, 10/18/2011

Brett Favre and Raiders? One columnist clearly wishes so.

By Erik Wemple

It requires some fancy footwork.

By Erik Wemple | 08:25 AM ET, 10/18/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:51 PM ET, 10/17/2011

Politico plagiarism: Marr cleared at Post

By Erik Wemple

Review finds no problems

By Erik Wemple | 04:51 PM ET, 10/17/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:18 PM ET, 10/17/2011

Politico on House Republicans: Good fundraisers or bad fundraisers?

By Erik Wemple

Politico checks out both sides of the question.

By Erik Wemple | 03:18 PM ET, 10/17/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:09 PM ET, 10/17/2011

Politico plagiarism: Too much sympathy?

By Erik Wemple

Guilty!

By Erik Wemple | 01:09 PM ET, 10/17/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 11:44 AM ET, 10/17/2011

Abramson and the digitial New York Times: a suggestion

By Erik Wemple

A suggestion for a tiny upgrade.

By Erik Wemple | 11:44 AM ET, 10/17/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:39 PM ET, 10/14/2011

Politico scandal: Kendra Marr and the go-go journalism culture

By Erik Wemple

Politico’s go-go culture bites back

By Erik Wemple | 04:39 PM ET, 10/14/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:49 PM ET, 10/14/2011

Politico scandal: One side-by-side comparison

By Erik Wemple

Why didn’t Politico just link the New York Times story?

By Erik Wemple | 12:49 PM ET, 10/14/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 11:04 AM ET, 10/14/2011

Politico scandal: Come cleaner!

By Erik Wemple

Not clean enough!

By Erik Wemple | 11:04 AM ET, 10/14/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 05:59 PM ET, 10/13/2011

Romney inevitable: Washington Post goes for it, almost

By Erik Wemple

How does The Washington Post handle things?

By Erik Wemple | 05:59 PM ET, 10/13/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 05:46 PM ET, 10/13/2011

Romney inevitable: Politico treads carefully, too

By Erik Wemple

Lots of stories on this topic

By Erik Wemple | 05:46 PM ET, 10/13/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:18 PM ET, 10/13/2011

Romney inevitability: Reuters isn’t buying

By Erik Wemple

Reuters’s sober take

By Erik Wemple | 04:18 PM ET, 10/13/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:09 PM ET, 10/13/2011

Romney inevitability: Why another question mark?

By Erik Wemple

AP steers a middle course

By Erik Wemple | 03:09 PM ET, 10/13/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:24 PM ET, 10/13/2011

Romney ‘inevitable’: A deep analysis

By Erik Wemple

Is that premature?

By Erik Wemple | 02:24 PM ET, 10/13/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:21 PM ET, 10/12/2011

O’Reilly a populist? Only when it’s convenient

By Erik Wemple

Or an apologist for bankers?

By Erik Wemple | 04:21 PM ET, 10/12/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:54 PM ET, 10/12/2011

Fox News and the tilting landmark: Not again!

By Erik Wemple

Another report on a tilting landmark!

By Erik Wemple | 03:54 PM ET, 10/12/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 11:28 AM ET, 10/12/2011

Glenn Beck: Unabridgeable

By Erik Wemple

Go ahead---try!

By Erik Wemple | 11:28 AM ET, 10/12/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 10:30 PM ET, 10/11/2011

Republican debate: Can we have some social issues again?

By Erik Wemple

Bring them back to my debate!

By Erik Wemple | 10:30 PM ET, 10/11/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:57 PM ET, 10/11/2011

Republican debate: Gingrich, the Fed and the news media

By Erik Wemple

With a false claim.

By Erik Wemple | 08:57 PM ET, 10/11/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 06:00 PM ET, 10/11/2011

Playbook: Perry ‘durable,’ at least for a week or so

By Erik Wemple

Now he appears on the verge of oblivion.

By Erik Wemple | 06:00 PM ET, 10/11/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:53 PM ET, 10/11/2011

Occupy Wall Street: Long live the disclaimer

By Erik Wemple

Oh, that’s right — there isn’t one

By Erik Wemple | 02:53 PM ET, 10/11/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 11:41 AM ET, 10/11/2011

Republican debate: What will the audience do?

By Erik Wemple

Not if the debate organizers can help it.

By Erik Wemple | 11:41 AM ET, 10/11/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:59 PM ET, 10/10/2011

People react to bad information on vaccines, Bachmann

By Erik Wemple

Hear that, Michele Bachmann?

By Erik Wemple | 03:59 PM ET, 10/10/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:22 PM ET, 10/10/2011

Four lessons from ABC’s ‘This Week’

By Erik Wemple

From a Sunday political chat

By Erik Wemple | 03:22 PM ET, 10/10/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:52 PM ET, 10/10/2011

Joe McGinniss unconvincingly wraps himself in Bob Woodward’s cloak

By Erik Wemple

Too bad many of his “scoops” have only one

By Erik Wemple | 12:52 PM ET, 10/10/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:55 AM ET, 10/10/2011

Jobs tributes: Excessive?

By Erik Wemple

Not necessarily.

By Erik Wemple | 08:55 AM ET, 10/10/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 05:21 PM ET, 10/07/2011

Examiner experiment backfires

By Erik Wemple

And discredits all those associated with the brand.

By Erik Wemple | 05:21 PM ET, 10/07/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:18 PM ET, 10/07/2011

‘Fair and balanced: Fox’s not-so-secret weapon

By Erik Wemple

Equals stroke of genius

By Erik Wemple | 03:18 PM ET, 10/07/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:30 PM ET, 10/07/2011

Values Voter Summit: What’s in it for a photog?

By Erik Wemple

Why would a photographer want to shoot it?

By Erik Wemple | 12:30 PM ET, 10/07/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:09 PM ET, 10/06/2011

Hank Williams Jr. and the perils of talking

By Erik Wemple

Talking and writing — bad ideas

By Erik Wemple | 01:09 PM ET, 10/06/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:07 PM ET, 10/06/2011

Fox News, AP, and ‘Occupy Wall Street’

By Erik Wemple

Look in the mirror

By Erik Wemple | 01:07 PM ET, 10/06/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:38 PM ET, 10/05/2011

Palin book: Bad Joe McGinniss, full force

By Erik Wemple

Two nasty and thinly sourced contentions on the same page!

By Erik Wemple | 03:38 PM ET, 10/05/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 11:49 AM ET, 10/05/2011

Fox News’s Roger Ailes: ‘I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot’

By Erik Wemple

Guy can say anything he wants

By Erik Wemple | 11:49 AM ET, 10/05/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 10:31 AM ET, 10/05/2011

Palin book: the good McGinniss

By Erik Wemple

A riff on God.

By Erik Wemple | 10:31 AM ET, 10/05/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:38 AM ET, 10/05/2011

Hannity and others hammer poor state legislator

By Erik Wemple

Hammered on Fox for speaking in favor of decency.

By Erik Wemple | 09:38 AM ET, 10/05/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 05:37 PM ET, 10/04/2011

Rumsfeld v. Al Jazeera: A draw

By Erik Wemple

They deserve each other.

By Erik Wemple | 05:37 PM ET, 10/04/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:51 PM ET, 10/04/2011

Chris Christie press conference: It’s all in the media management

By Erik Wemple

The N.J. governor knows how to speak to reporters

By Erik Wemple | 02:51 PM ET, 10/04/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:38 PM ET, 10/04/2011

Beck and O’Reilly face off! zzzzzz

By Erik Wemple

Snooze

By Erik Wemple | 12:38 PM ET, 10/04/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 10:58 AM ET, 10/04/2011

Palin book: Bad Joe McGinniss embraces adverbs

By Erik Wemple

Loves his adverbs.

By Erik Wemple | 10:58 AM ET, 10/04/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:37 PM ET, 10/03/2011

Pelosi, Daily Beast and Obama: What happened?

By Erik Wemple

Then it doesn’t. What happened here?

By Erik Wemple | 04:37 PM ET, 10/03/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:32 PM ET, 10/03/2011

Fox News and ‘Occupy Wall Street’: good editing

By Erik Wemple

Or good editing.

By Erik Wemple | 02:32 PM ET, 10/03/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:13 PM ET, 10/03/2011

Anderson Cooper skateboarder scandal draws tsk from Today Show

By Erik Wemple

Nah.

By Erik Wemple | 01:13 PM ET, 10/03/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 11:34 AM ET, 10/03/2011

Palin book: The good McGinniss, the bad McGinniss

By Erik Wemple

There are two authors at work in “The Rogue”

By Erik Wemple | 11:34 AM ET, 10/03/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:26 PM ET, 09/30/2011

Huckabee presidential run? Some questions for Reuters

By Erik Wemple

As Sourcing Czar of American Journalism

By Erik Wemple | 04:26 PM ET, 09/30/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:41 PM ET, 09/30/2011

Daily Caller and EPA: A look at the history

By Erik Wemple

Contextualized

By Erik Wemple | 12:41 PM ET, 09/30/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 11:30 AM ET, 09/30/2011

EPA: Daily Caller didn’t call

By Erik Wemple

And make a call

By Erik Wemple | 11:30 AM ET, 09/30/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 10:22 AM ET, 09/30/2011

N.H. paper resents New York Times scoop

By Erik Wemple

Why not give the exclusive to N.H. outlet?

By Erik Wemple | 10:22 AM ET, 09/30/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Should the federal government be doing more in the area of cybersecurity?

Erik Wemple: October, 2011