Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Junk Journalism Award

What is it about journalists and fake trend stories? You know, the kind of story where a single freak anecdote leads to a front-page article about the "growing demand" for something that only three people across the country are actually doing? Well, one of those stories––about "time-share pets"––is on the front page of today's Wall Street Journal. Read the story and learn first-hand how journalists create articles out of.... nothing.

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