An Ill Tailwind A behind-the-scenes look at how CNN, despite red flags, aired--and was forced to retract--an explosive report on the military's alleged use of poison gas.
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Susan Paterno
Bitter Fruit How the Cincinnati Enquirer's hard-hitting investigation of Chiquita Brands International unraveled.
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Alicia C. Shepard
Secrets And Lies Strong indications that Boston Globe columnist Patricia Smith was making up material had surfaced before the fabrications that led to her downfall, but the paper decided not to confront her.
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Sinéad OBrien
Playing Defense Is enough being
done to prevent
future journalistic embarrassments?
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Judith Sheppard
When Children Kill Children In covering schoolyard shootings, it's important to provide perspective, and to avoid concentrating too heavily on the suspects while ignoring the victims.
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Lori Robertson
Taking the Measure of Online Journalism And That’s the Way It Will Be: News and Information in a Digital World By Christopher Harper
New York University Press
256 pages; $24.95
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Carl Sessions Stepp