Today marks the launch of MediaBugs, an online error-reporting service based in Berkeley which will  help to monitor Bay Area media for errors and problems.

MediaBugs is the brainchild of Berkeley resident Scott Rosenberg, co-founder of Salon, and author of two books: Dreaming in Code and Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What It’s Becoming and Why It Matters. Advisers on the project include Dan Gillmor, Bill Gannon and Lane Becker.

Unlike fact-checking operation Politifact, which … Continue reading »