Crime

"Killer Vet" Story Worthy but Marred by Bad Numbers, Says Public Editor

1/28/2008 2:23 PM ET
Public Editor Clark Hoyt's take on the Times' inflammatory story on murderous veterans: A worthy idea marred by shoddy statistics and the eternal journalistic quest to uncover a trend.

Anger Continues Over the Times' Sleazy Story on Killer Veterans

1/17/2008 12:21 PM ET
Outrage over a sleazy Times story on U.S. veterans who come home and kill.

Others Pounce on the Times' Useless Smear of Vets as Criminals

1/16/2008 1:54 PM ET
Lack of context makes a story on murders committed by returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan both invidious and journalistically worthless.

Times Slimes U.S. Veterans with Dubious Crime Stats

1/14/2008 2:47 PM ET
The Times relies on dubious statistics about U.S. soldiers returning home and committing crimes to link the Vietnam War with Iraq.

Indictment of a Top Hillary Fundraiser - Hsu Cares?

12/5/2007 2:47 PM ET
Relegating the indictment of a top Hillary Clinton fundraiser to a brief story, without a byline and with a boring headline.

Another Illegal Immigrant Sob Story

11/28/2007 3:28 PM ET
Those lying Feds? "But, to the dismay of many of Greenport's 2,500 residents, the raid here did not match [Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Julie Myers'] words."

Selena's Sickening Standards: Slime Innocent Duke Players, Weep for Guilty Vick

11/21/2007 5:12 AM ET
As columnist Selena Roberts moves to Sports Illustrated, her shoddy treatment of the Duke lacrosse players shouldn't be forgotten.

Post Sugarcoats Thuggery Against Philadelphia Boy Scouts

11/20/2007 2:00 AM ET
The Post's description is a classic example of moral equivalence, in which aggressor and victim are co-belligerents.

Problem: Finding a Death Penalty to Sate "Blood-Thirsty" Public

11/5/2007 3:43 PM ET
Elizabeth Weil finds Americans simplistic and vengeful when it comes to the death penalty.

An Unenforced Law Against Illegals Is Working "Too Well"

9/26/2007 2:33 PM ET
The Times claimed of a Riverside, N.J. law making it illegal to employ or rent to an illegal immigrant: "The law had worked. Perhaps, some said, too well." Too bad that law has never actually ...
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