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B.S. Detection for Journalists

Eds Note 10/5: It was brought to my attention that the links in this slideshow are not clickable in the embed here. I included them all below this post. 

Ever see a tip that’s too good to be true (it probably is) or a photo so amazing you just can’t believe it (don’t)? Sometimes you can’t just [...]

September 23rd, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Industry News & Notes, Presentations, Social Media | 6 comments

New media ethics, same as old media ethics

Earlier this week, the Patch site in Palo Alto apologized after a freelancer  plagiarized a story from another website.  An apology posted on the site stated that copy was lifted from VentureBeat, an online tech news site. It doesn’t state if the freelancer will continue to work for the site, but the apology includes this:

The writer has been [...]

December 30th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Industry News & Notes | One comment

TBD 1.0 launches, now let the real fun begin

Today is finally the day. Today, TBD.com has launched and all of us who joined this venture with high hopes of shaking up the news business get our chance to sink or swim. [...]

August 9th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Industry News & Notes, TBD | One comment