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Journalism think tank names the year’s worst media blunders

By Kevin Allen | Posted: December 14, 2012
There’s a morbid bone (or two) in my body that loves it when media folks mess up. And ‘tis the season for year-in-review content, let’s look at some of the more egregious errors perpetrated by our friends in the mainstream media.

Poynter has named the error of the year, with the honor going to Fox News and CNN. Both outlets erroneously reported that the Supreme Court struck down the individual health care mandate via their websites, news stations, and social media channels. Oops.

Poynter’s correction of the year is a doozy, and comes from the Economist:
“Correction: An earlier version of this article claimed that journalists at Bloomberg Businessweek could be disciplined for sipping a spritzer at work. This is not true. Sorry. We must have been drunk on the job.”
For more of media’s best worst moments from this year, click here.

And here are a few of our favorite media blunders and mishaps of 2012:
Deadspin’s relentless efforts to expose ESPN’s Lynn Hoppes as a Wikipedia plagiarist.

North Korea’s belief in a story from The Onion naming Kim Jong Un as the year’s sexiest man alive.

A Denver TV station used a doctored photo of Paula Broadwell’s book on David Petraeus.