When Does a Massacre Matter?

Confederate Yankee | Jul. 5, 2007 (Opinion)

The Associated Press--and to a lesser extent, Reuters, and a small independent Iraqi news agency--ran stories claiming that 20 decapitated bodies had been found on or near the banks of the Tigris River in Um al-Abeed, a village near Salman Pak, southeast of Baghdad, with sectarian violence strongly implicated.

There were no named sources from this story from any media outlet, and the two anonymous Iraq police officers cited in the widely-carried ... Full Story »

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by Linda Raiteri - Oct. 1, 2008

A blog post of a letter that asks for accountability from the Associated Press which reported, but did not disclaim a false story, then did not report a similar and apparently well sourced incident. Seems to be a taking to task, but not strictly speaking journalism.