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February 10, 2012

Rush Limbaugh’s “Obamaphone” Smear

This time, Rush smears Obama with an outright lie. Continue reading →

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Filed under Government & Politics, Journalism & Media

Tagged as "Obamaphones", dishonesty, lies, misrepresentation, Rush Limbaugh, SafeLink, Snopes, Universal Service Support for Low-Income Consumers, waste of public funds

March 31, 2010

Fox Nation: Fair, Balanced, Biased, and Incredibly Gullible

It just isn’t ethical journalism to run stories because you wish they were true. Continue reading →

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Filed under Around the World, Journalism & Media, Popular Culture, The Internet

Tagged as bias, climate change, competence, ethics, Fox news, Glenn Beck, hoax, independent judgment, journalistic ethics, journalistic objectivity, satire, Sean Hannity, Snopes

March 17, 2010

Web Ethics, Due Diligence, and the Happy Maxi-Pad

A bit of false web lore almost fooled me, and I nearly compounded the problem. Continue reading →

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Filed under Business & Commercial, Daily Life, Journalism & Media, Popular Culture, The Internet

Tagged as "Have a Happy Period", bloggers, blogs, care, competence, due diligence, ethics, misinformation, Procter and Gamble, responsibility, rumors, Snopes, web hoaxes

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