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August 2019

August 27, 2019

Great moments in journalism: How the AP bungled a story about a Catholic committing suicide — UPDATED

Over the last 24 hours, many people sent me this Associated Press story about Robert...

April 2019

April 19, 2019

Great Moments in Journalism: The AP’s Headline About Notre Dame

Seriously? Check this out: I'll give them this: the story is better than the headline....

January 2019

January 27, 2019

Great moments in journalism: Newsweek gets it completely wrong

Deacon John Placette alerted me to this. (Thanks!) This headline went up last night. It's...

November 2018

November 13, 2018

Great Moments in Journalism: ‘Do the Wrong Thing’ edition

Why God Made Copy Editors, Reason #8,435. Spotted on Twitter this morning.

June 2018

June 22, 2018

Great moments in journalism: the story behind that Time cover

This really is some great detective work. The terrific CBS News correspondent David Begnaud (whose...

June 11, 2018

Great moments in journalism: check that quote!

This quote from a diocesan newspaper, covering a diaconate ordination, is a little bit, um,...

September 2015

September 23, 2015

Great moments in journalism: TV station uses Nazi emblem to send Yom Kippur greetings to viewers

Details: A Chicago television news station made a truly unfortunate art choice to accompany a...

September 23, 2015

Great moments in journalism: TV station uses Nazi emblem to send Yom Kippur greetings to viewers

Details: A Chicago television news station made a truly unfortunate art choice to accompany a...

September 09, 2015

Great moments in journalism: camerawoman trips fleeing refugees

The video says it all: That little stunt cost her her job: A Hungarian camerawoman...

September 09, 2015

Great moments in journalism: camerawoman trips fleeing refugees

The video says it all: That little stunt cost her her job: A Hungarian camerawoman...

August 2015

August 21, 2015

Great moments in journalism: attack on a woman becomes an attack on “women priests”—UPDATED

The story is horrible: The man who attacked and seriously burned a Queens woman Wednesday...

August 21, 2015

Great moments in journalism: attack on a woman becomes an attack on “women priests”—UPDATED

The story is horrible: The man who attacked and seriously burned a Queens woman Wednesday...

August 11, 2015

Great moments in journalism: is the pope Catholic?

The good people at the Times of London posted this correction today: No sweat. Thanks...

August 11, 2015

Great moments in journalism: is the pope Catholic?

The good people at the Times of London posted this correction today: No sweat. Thanks...

June 2015

June 26, 2015

Great moments in journalism: the Philadelphia story and bias

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June 26, 2015

Great moments in journalism: the Philadelphia story and bias

View image | gettyimages.com I was struck by these two competing headlines this morning....

June 22, 2015

Great moments in journalism: “Pope Franchise” appointed “head of catholic Christian”

Editing doesn't get much worse than this. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt...

June 22, 2015

Great moments in journalism: “Pope Franchise” appointed “head of catholic Christian”

Editing doesn’t get much worse than this. I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt...

May 2015

May 08, 2015

Great moments in journalism: worst TV news ad ever? Maybe.

Get a load of how WNEM TV (in Saginaw) is promoting its anchor team for...

May 08, 2015

Great moments in journalism: worst TV news ad ever? Maybe.

Get a load of how WNEM TV (in Saginaw) is promoting its anchor team for...

March 2015

March 17, 2015

Great moments in journalism: AP’s correction on Robert Durst

Noted: In the second item of the California 10th NewsMinute sent March 16 to users...

March 14, 2015

Great moments in journalism: reporter lies in confession, records priests’ responses

From Catholic News Agency: Laura Alari writes for Quotidiano Nazionale, which is headquartered in Bologna. She...

January 2015

January 08, 2015

Great moments in journalism: New York Times makes up a new country

From AdWeek: Sometimes a mistake is so embarrassing, it cycles all the away around the...

December 2014

December 13, 2014

Great moments in journalism: The New York Times correction on the pope’s “animals in heaven” remarks

Even Jesus had to do a face palm. Classic: Correction: December 12, 2014 An earlier...

December 08, 2014

Great moments in journalism: you decide, we report

Media Bistro reported last week on a media summit featuring ABC News anchor David Muir....

October 2014

October 29, 2014

Great moments in journalism: Daniel Berger, doing his part to bolster MSNBC’s credibility

David Mills noted yesterday: “Pope Francis made a significant rhetorical break with Catholic tradition Monday...

August 2014

August 26, 2014

Great moments in journalism: CNN interviews man who pinpoints origin of California earthquake—and it’s not what they thought

From The Washington Post: Breaking news coverage is challenging: Updates are flying in from everywhere;...

June 2014

June 24, 2014

Great moments in journalism: the J-school diploma with a huge spelling error

Oops: Read all about it. H/T Patrick Madrid.

April 2014

April 09, 2014

Great moments in journalism: Fox News confuses NAACP with NCAA, just as SNL predicted

Wow. Life imitates television. That's a scary thought. From Mother Jones: On Tuesday morning, Fox &...

March 2014

March 04, 2014

Great moments in journalism: the longest-overdue correction ever in The New York Times?

Get a load of this: An article on Jan. 20, 1853, recounting the story of Solomon Northup,...