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July 5th, 2015 - 5:03 pm § in Misc., Saudi Arabia

Jerusalem Post Published and Fails to Retract Hoax Peace Gesture from Saudi Prince

Who Knows How to Correct The Jerusalem Post? On Friday, an article in a Middle Eastern media outlet falsely claimed that a Saudi prince launched an unprecedented peace-making initiative vis-à-vis Israel including plans for a groundbreaking visit to the Jewish state. The article had stated: “[...]

November 13th, 2014 - 6:11 pm § in Misc.

Yellow Journalism’s Finest Hour

Was this election yellow journalism’s finest hour?  Mark Sumner at Daily Kos thinks it came close: “Thank you, media. You did your job. You lovingly cobbled together boogeymen straight out of central casting: masked brown men lopping off American heads, and a disease out of the Africa t[...]