2) ARISE, KNIGHTS OF THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE! ACTUALLY, ER, SCRATCH THAT . . .
When a young white woman working for the College Republican National Committee shows up at a Pittsburgh police station with a "B" carved onto her face (that's for "Barack"), claiming that she was disfigured by a big, knife-wielding black man who'd taken umbrage at her McCain bumper sticker, most of the media proceed with caution. Not so the Drudge Report and Fox News, which immediately give the story massive play. Turns out it's a hoax, leaving both outlets with an "E" on their respective faces (that's for "egg").
3) HIS COLD, DEAD FACTS
The Times' 2500-word obituary for Charlton Heston generates approximately 270 words of corrections, meted out over three separate days. Errors include Heston's age, year of birth, and birth name.
4)THIS REALLY PUTS THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE . . .
After Meet the Press host Tim Russert's death at age 58, following a heart attack, his press brethren grieve so loudly, so publicly, and for such a long period of time that their disproportionate mourning becomes a case study in media solipsism.
5) HE ALSO GOES BY "PRINCE OF SHITTY EULOGIES"
Arriving late to the Russert love fest, conservative columnist Bob Novak, a/k/a the "Prince of Darkness," praises the late NBC mainstay for being an "extraordinary source" — thereby raising unanswerable questions about Russert's journalistic practices and integrity.