The Onion
Revolving Door (2)
Sightings (4)
Former Fox News Anchor Joins The Onion News Network - Posted November 18, 2009
Our sister blog TVNewser reports today that former Fox News anchor Suzanne Sena is now working for satrical newspaper The Onion's fake online news network ONN. We wonder how difficult the transition from covering real news for FNC to covering fake news was for Sena.
In the clip above, Sena, who worked... [FishBowlNY]
Mediabistro.com At The Center Of Mistaken Journalist Identity - Posted August 28, 2009
There's a feud going on in Denver between two journalists and a mislabeled photo from a 2005 Mediabistro has helped drag a third journalist into the fray.
It all started last month, when Denver Westword reporter Jared Jacang Maher wrote an article about local consumer reporter and radio personality Tom Martino, claiming... [FishBowlNY]
At Gawker, Traffic Graphs Only Tell Part Of The Story - Posted July 28, 2009
Yesterday, Gawker's Nick Denton boasted about the tremendous revenue growth his company had experienced during the first half of the year, despite the recession.
Denton also published some graphs showing weekly traffic at his company's sites since May 2007. All of them seem to be trending up or flat throughout 2009,... [FishBowlNY]
Fake News Of The Week - Posted May 8, 2009
Its been a big week in fake news. First, there were rumors that The Onion was planning cut its print edition, which were quickly refuted, although the satiric pub did eventually admit that they were shutting down print operations in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
That blow to the fake news industry... [FishBowlNY]





