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Bloomberg’s Big Miss in Silicon Valley Hiring Story

An analysis forgets mergers and acquisitions

Romney’s Hispanic Support: About That Florida Poll

Reporters must tell readers about polls’ shortcomings

A Laurel to The Record

For a disturbing tale of sickness and medical expense

Las Vegas Review-Journal Asks Four Key Questions…

…But doesn’t help readers evaluate candidates’ answers

The Algorithm Method

Making news decisions in a clickocracy

Audit Notes: Data Pool 3, The UK Prints, Copyright

By Ryan Chittum Scotland Yard arrested four top current and former Sun journalists and a cop. The Guardian's Nick Davies gives us the context and says it's a major development: And technicians have retrieved an enormous reservoir of material f...

ProPublica and NPR on Freddie Mac’s Conflicts

By Ryan Chittum Why haven't Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae been much more aggressive about refinancing the mortgages they hold? That's a $50 billion question. ProPublica and NPR have a $3.4 billion possible answer. Jesse Eisinger and Chris Arnold ...

Updating the Privacy Protection Act for the Digital Era

Law protecting journalists from searches didn’t anticipate cloud computing

Medicare Versus Obamacare

The fight begins in Florida

Houses of Straw

Flimsy votes and arguments

Houses of Straw

Flimsy votes and arguments