Critics should get the facts right
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As a rule I don&#39;t pay attention to the way I&#39;m portrayed in the media. I could not give a hoot what people think or write about me.
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There's something fishy about the bear argument.
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Road casualty figures show a fall but there is controversy about their accuracy.
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By Ojala, Marydee  It's human nature to make assumptions. We hear or read something and assume it's true (or untrue) based on our previous experience or on how the information is presented. This can be dangerous.
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An independent academic center at Tufts University said yesterday that critics who blast the American pharmaceutical industry for developing &quot;me-too&quot; prescription drugs are wrong.
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Don't let the so-called experts fool you.
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A debate over an anthropologist's book on ancient Hebrew history isn't just academic &#151; it's spilled over into an online dispute between critics trying to keep her from getting tenure and supporters who say the effort stifles scholarly freedom.
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Numbers don't lie &#151; or do they? When it comes to public health, figures are seldom straightforward.
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Review Does not attempt world domination, but
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You can learn a lot from writing a newspaper column, especially when a reader calls in to say that you're wrong. I've just received a revealing critique that foreshadows a nasty new escalation in the battle over our digital rights.
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Honesty isn't always the most profitable policy.
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Media watchdog issues unprecedented, stinging rebuke for serious error of judgment.
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Don't take the headlines too seriously, because they're long on facts, short on truth, and they just don't matter.
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President Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry disagreed vigorously last night as they tossed out plenty of numbers, and both demonstrated a talent for relying on facts and assertions of questionable origin.
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Sometimes media metrics and audiences have very different views of what works.
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As Hollywood goes nuts, maybe the audience needs to examine itself too
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Lee Scott, chief executive of retail giant Wal-Mart, tells the BBC that his firm's many critics have got it wrong.