On Friday, Time Magazine staff writer Kate Pickert published what she described in the title as a “fact check” of Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large and Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer’s reporting on the number of times President Barack Obama
In an article today on the upcoming Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL, Colin Moynihan of the New York Times alleges that Breitbart News’ Brandon Darby, who turned FBI informant and prevented left-wing activists from attacking the 2008 convention with
In a feature article published this morning, the Washington Post wrote the following about Stu White, a high school friend and classmate of Mitt Romney’s, in reference to an alleged 1965 bullying incident involving of a fellow classmate: [emphasis added] “I always enjoyed
Progressives are attempting to skewer Steven Crowder and Chris Loesch, claiming that they used the “N” word when saying the word “knickers” in a satirical video about the loss of American exceptionalism. At no time did the duo use the “N” word, and to
Reuters this morning published a grossly inaccurate story on Senator Marco Rubio. Among the eight fallacies: Rubio also voted against Sonia Sotomayor, Obama’s Supreme Court nominee who is of Puerto Rican descent, and more recently blocked the confirmation of another
Al Jazeera was eager to promote the debunked lie that Rick Santorum compared same-sex marriage to bestiality: He has argued against same-sex marriage arguing that could open the door to other unacceptable relations, equating homosexuality with bestiality or pedophilia. Simply
In an article published last week, Rachel Coward of the Columbia Missourian falsely claimed that Andrew Breitbart edited videos of a controversial labor studies course at the University of Missouri in which lecturers instructed students in violent tactics, indoctrinated them
On Tuesday, December 27, FishbowlDC’s Peter Ogburn wrote the following in reference to the Daily Caller’s Michelle Fields’ hour-long appearance with Brian Lamb on C-Span: [emphasis added] As the interview winds down, Lamb asks where Michelle would like to see
Yesterday, in an article titled “Mo. crackdown on taping lectures shows digital divide over academic freedom, student privacy,” the Associated Press falsely claimed that Big Government edited controversial footage of a University of Missouri labor studies course. From the article:
Sunday on ABC”s “This Week” Nancy Pelosi shamelessly repeated the debunked lie that the tea party “spit” on congressmen during the walk to sign the health care law in spring of 2010. The thing is, Pelosi’s story never happened. We’ve
MSNBC’s Ed Schultz–reporting from Ohio–lead a panel that advanced the falsehood that new legislation (SB 5) prevents firefighters and police from bargaining collectively on personal safety equipment: [youtube HBvFp5GQDXI nolink] In fact, SB 5 explicitly provides–as existing law does not–for
In an Associated Press article published last night, Becky Bohrer writes the following: [emphasis ours] [Governor Sarah Palin’s attorney] John Tiemessen, in a letter to the publisher of Crown Publishing Group Monday, cites an email that author Joe McGinniss allegedly
While on Lebanese television, Media Matters ally Max Blumenthal fabricated several quotes and attributed them to Herman Cain. Only Blumenthal knows whether these fabrications were intentional, so as to discredit Cain maliciously, or born of Blumenthal’s poor recollection ability. Let’s
Earlier this evening Reuters reported, as per Senator Jon Kyl, that Republicans had agreed to a compromise on tax hikes: They also published an account on their website. They were wrong. Kyle specifically detailed how the revenue would come from
A good catch by Jonah Goldberg, via the PJ Tatler. Reuters incorrectly identifies shamed former congressman Anthony Weiner as a Republican in its latest piece on the #Weinergate scandal: Reuters may be unaware, but Anthony Weiner is a Democrat. We
Last night we reported that Politico had falsely attributed an attack on Michele Bachmann to Sarah Palin, and now Politico has corrected the “error”: An editing error caused a false attribution in an earlier version of this column. A comment
KTLA’s recent article on Congressman Anthony Weiner’s x-rated photo is incorrect on how the photo came to be published on the Internet. Breitbart said he was not going to publish the photo to his website, BigGovernment.com, but it’s not clear
Politico knew they likely wouldn’t get a quote from Sarah Palin for the latest hit piece they published so they made one up. One of the authors is the former chairman of the Democratic Party of Virgina. Politico wrote: Will
Screencap from the Breitbart.com newswires: A Reuters headline editor doing some wishful thinking, perhaps? Obviously this should be corrected.
Tim Barker at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch falsely claimed that the exculpatory portion of Shirley Sherrod’s remarks were not included in the original posting or video originally posted on Big Government. Barker writes: This isn’t the first controversy created by
In an April 29, 2011 item by Scott Jaschik, Inside High Ed published this false statement provided by University of Missouri professor Judy Ancel: Ancel, the other instructor, said in an interview that she works on annual contracts and that
A week ago we asked Media Matters to correct their inaccurate information in their post about Planned Parenthood offering mammograms. While we believe that the elements of a news story must be factually accurate to constitute as news and not
In a bid to discredit the Live Action’s investigation of Planned Parenthood as a “hoax,” Media Matters forgot that fact-checking matters most. Says Media Matters: This is false. Live Action called two clinics in Waco, in addition to the one
Big Journalism on Wednesday reported that the New York Times finally conceded to correcting their article on Brandon Darby’s involvement with an FBI case of domestic terrorism. While NPR fights for public funding on the basis of its news reporting,
Alternate headline: NYT Issues Correction After Taking Word of Domestic Terrorist Over FBI Informant Second alternate headline: How to Get NYT to Correct a Provably False Smear Against an American Patriot: 1) Sue Them… *** Recently Big Journalism called for
Earlier this week, in a segment on his NPR video exposé, PBS’s NewsHour aired the false claim James O Keefe pleaded guilty to attempting to bug the offices of Sen. Mary Landrieu: And last year [O’Keefe] was arrested and pleaded
Last month, New York Times reporter James C. McKinley Jr. falsely reported that an FBI informant who helped to thwart a left-wing terrorist plot had actually encouraged the conspiracy. In the article “Anarchist Ties Seen in ’08 Bombing of Texas
Last month, New York Times reporter James C. McKinley Jr. falsely reported that an FBI informant who helped to thwart a left-wing terrorist plot had actually encouraged the conspiracy. In the article “Anarchist Ties Seen in ’08 Bombing of Texas
Last week, we asked the New York Times to correct an article by James C. McKinley Jr. that falsely claimed FBI informant and BigGovernment contributor Brandon Darby “encouraged” the left-wing terrorist plot to firebomb the 2008 RNC convention on which
In the Wednesday edition of the New York Times, James C. McKinley Jr. falsely reported that an FBI informant who helped to thwart a left-wing terrorist plot had actually encouraged the conspiracy. In the article Anarchist Ties Seen in ’08
Earlier this evening several different sources reported that Wisconsin doctors had set up camp at today’s Wisconsin/Scott Walker rally/protest to issue sick notes to union teachers. [youtube zjFbMDp5Pg8 nolink] Karoli, blogging at Crooks and Liars, incorrectly identified the story as
UPDATE 2/15 1:32 PM PST: The post has been stealth-corrected. *** UPDATE 11:16 PM PST: Remarkably, this post is still not corrected. *** Earlier today, Philadelphia magazine published an article by Natalie Hope McDonald titled “Coulter Wants to Woo the
In today’s article “Planned Parenthood Video Fuels Abortion Debate,” CBS News incorrectly reports, “[Lila] Rose has worked with the organization whose undercover videos helped bring down the community organizing group Acorn.” Veritas Visuals compiled the ACORN video exposé; Ms. Rose
UPDATE: NPR published the following correction: Correction Feb. 4, 2011 I stated incorrectly that Andrew Breitbart selectively edited the Shirley Sherrod video that got her fired from the US Department of Agriculture. Instead, he was involved in promoting the out-of-context
Earlier today BigGovernment.com, BigJournalism.com, and Breitbart.TV published a shocking video investigation from Lila Rose’s pro-life organization, Live Action, showing a Planned Parenthood employee advising a “pimp” on underage sex trafficking and secret abortions for minors The post had only been
Publisher David Frum’s pettiness knows no bounds. Earlier today he falsely accused Andrew Breitbart of having sought out an invitation to a party at his house: Breitbart emphatically denied having “sought” an invitation to the party, which was for Roger
The February edition of Vanity Fair contains an article by William D. Cohan entitled, “Huffing And Puffing,” which extensively discusses the lawsuit brought against Arianna Huffington and The Huffington Post by Peter Daou and James Boyce. Daou and Boyce claim
As noted earlier from Big Journalism’s Ben Evans, AlterNet blogger Chris Hedges used a video still of a tea party crasher to prop up his narrative of fascism within the tea party. The video still originated from a video shot
Read the original correction request here.
In the New Jersey Star-Ledger editorial “Gov. Christie shouldn’t cozy up to muckraker of ‘Teachers Union Gone Wild’” published today, October 29, 2010, the editorial board falsely reported that James O’Keefe plead guilty to “tampering” with phones in the offices