Season of false starts for news organizations

A balloon racing across the Colorado sky without a 6-year-old boy inside. A major lobbyist not changing its position on climate change. A shootout with terrorists on the Potomac River that never happened

It's been a rough season for non-news.

The recent spate of hoaxes and premature stories exposes a dangerous fault line for journalists in the world of second-by-second news.

Each situation was unique. But they all diminished the ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Nov 2, 2009 - 10:38 AM PST
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by Fabrice Florin - Nov. 2, 2009
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by Erin Elise Accomando - Nov. 2, 2009

Journalism about journalism always makes me happy - and when I say this, I mean that I can only learn from reading this kind of material. I was unaware that half of those hoaxes even occurred. That fact that I learned something is a sign that this is quality journalism.

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