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Everything about this article regarding cellphone service prices in America as compared to other developed nations is the worst kind of informational journalism. 

It’s remarkably easy to compare the cost of services, plans, phones, etc. against one another, but the piece obfuscates that by relying on he-said-she-said journalism. 

Not only that, but Dan Richman buries the meat of the piece — that the FCC is launching an investigation into cellphone company pricing practices — to the very bottom, rather than that being the hook to do actual consumer journalism.  To you know, perform a service and determine whether or not Americans really are being ripped off by cellphone companies, which most assuredly we are. 

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And then the fun begins.  You wonder why people don’t trust the news anymore?  Start right here.  It’s bad enough that news agencies have adopted the fair and balanced approach as opposed to the truthful and accurate one, but it’s really bad when local news programs give up all together and make a mockery of themselves.  [via]

It goes something like this, and take this with a grain of salt since The Sun isn’t exactly known for its journalism integrity, but The Dark Knight star, Christian Bale, aka Batman, was allowed by police to attend the London premiere of the greatest movie in the history of the universe (internet’s description not ours) even though he was wanted for questioning in connection to assaulting his mother and sister.

That’s how you spell it.  Now, this is coming from The Sun and here’s the basis for the story.  Bale’s mother and sister went to lodge a complaint at a Hampshire, UK police station yesterday.  Today, Bale will be brought in for questioning regarding the undisclosed matter.

A Met Police spokesman said: “We can confirm we have received allegation from another force in relation to an alleged incident in central London.”

Then the story is rounded out with quotes from an unnamed source, never a good thing, and some bullshit background about Ledger’s death.  Still, it’ll be interesting to see how this plays out.