“At places like Gawker, which employs neither dedicated fact-checkers nor dedicated copy editors, we have a simple, transparent attitude toward fact-checking: we do it as best we can. If someone points out something wrong in a story, we fix it.” Gee, what could possibly go wrong?

If you take a look at the link, this guy does his measurements from the SUV and, while there was apparently some sort of violent encounter in the car, it's clear from the leaked account of Wilson that he got out of the SUV and pursued Brown on foot. When Wilson shot and finally killed Brown, he was much closer to…

I lived in Madrid in the early 90s and bought Marca on a daily basis even though I was an Atletico Madrid guy. One of my favorite Marca Tricks was to attribute direct quotes to players who didn't actually say that thing. A Marca reporter would ask the following question and get this answer. Q. Hugo Sanchez, do you…

While, yeah, that might be true, it's also pretty meaningless when you take into account that the Seychelles are so small that they have a total of around 700 prisoners and most of those are locked up Somali pirates.

Maybe he wasn't actually saying "nice tits" to this English TV host the other day ... maybe he was just saying "nice teeth."

Municipal codes for any of the cities where Uber operates usually have about 10 pages or so of regulations that dictate what taxi drivers can and cannot do. These are in the codes for reasons of safety, fair access for the poor and disabled and to check into the backgrounds of the various drivers. Uber basically…

These are serious questions that demand answers.

"Hey, something great just happened! Let's fucking kill each other!" -America

"Why isn't Europe fond of the ingredient? Because it also has industrial uses, including being a key ingredient in anti-freeze. "

"Lilias Adie died in the 1700s, when fear of witches ran rampant and the belief that those who had had their souls sucked by the devil ..."

3. Are scientists going to find that synthetic milk gives me spleen cancer in 15 years?

Good thing Jezebel had the good sense to take a step back after the original account surfaced and didn't just immediately adopt the story of one side or another before all the facts were known ...

It's too bad Isha Aran isn't around to correct her own record on this one.

Right, I call that part of the day "breakfast."

I used to drink Coke quite a bit and now it's pretty much coffee, water and wine and wine.

No, I've practiced for many years and, yes, I agree, it doesn't always end things, but it's the argument you don't want to have to make.

I have to say I agree with all this, but if you're her attorney, it's the argument you don't want to have to make. (Brings out copy of her 2011 transcript and starts reading from it over and over and over) "Isn't it true that you testified that you had never had sex with the good doctor and that he never gave you…

She has the burden of proof and it's not like there's an inconsistent statement on some collateral, "who the eff cares" kind of issue. They're two directly contradictory statements on the basic issues in the case.

Fair enough and good points. I hope as well that she gets the care she needs.

Do you have any evidence that she's actually been diagnosed with schizophrenia? (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/09/ama…)