Poynter Institute

Most people probably don't care that a cute animal video they laugh at on "YouTube" is fake.http://youtu.be/g7WjrvG1GMkBut shouldn't professional news…

If you haven't seen the "Harlem Shake" videos sweeping the internet, that says something about how plugged in you are to the World Wide Web.That's the…

Most of us have heard the story of Notre Dame Linebacker Manti Te'0 and his girlfriend that didn't exist. She was an internet hoax.The real story of his…

The Tampa Bay Times recently profiled Gretchen Molannen, a 39-year-old suffering from a condition called persistent genital arousal disorder.According to…

CNN’s Candy Crowley is coming under fire for her “live fact-check” of GOP candidate Mitt Romney during the second presidential debate. Did she go too…

If a television or radio station determines that a political ad is false, should they refuse to run it?That’s exactly what the non-partisan group Free…

The Republican National Convention may have officially closed up shop Thursday, but Tampa Bay residents still had plenty on their minds Friday…

What would you do if something you depend upon every day of week was no longer there every day of the week?That’s what’s happening in New Orleans with…

The mugshot website industry is booming – especially in Florida.Florida has liberal open-records laws, and different entities take advantage of that to…

If you’re a steelworker in West Virginia or furniture maker in North Carolina, you might be experiencing schadenfreude right now.That’s because…

You've probably heard about how CNN and Fox News screwed up the Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act.It's "Dewey Defeats Truman" all over…

This media morality tale involves Sen. Marco Rubio, a rumor, and one day of media spin.The day began with ABC News reporting that Sen. Marco Rubio was not…