The Washington Post’s Wonkblog backpedalled slightly after being accused of making questionable claims about alcohol consumption patterns in the United States. Wonkblog published a second piece Oct. 3, clarifying the statistics from the Sept. 25, article.

Sharing statistics calculated by Philip J. Cook, a Duke University professor, the original article included a graphic, which asserted the top 10 percent of drinkers in America consume 73.85 drinks per week on average.

Eco-lefty David Roberts is at it again: spewing hateful remarks about people he disagrees with. Roberts, a staff writer at the liberal environmental website Grist.com, and self-described “climate hawk,” tweeted  out a nasty attack on Don Blankenship on Oct. 9. Blankenship is the former Chairman and CEO of Massey Energy Co.

On Twitter, Roberts said Blankenship was “one of the most frightening & sociopathic individuals I’ve ever covered...” 

Is the U.S. government doing enough to screen travelers potentially carrying Ebola into the country?

That question was ignored by the vast majority of stories on the three broadcast network’s news programming, even after Thomas Eric Duncan was diagnosed with Ebola after coming to the U.S. from Liberia. Duncan died from the disease in a Dallas hospital on Oct. 8.

Oscar-winner Ben Affleck told NBC’s Brian Williams that the city of Detroit would be a more deserving recipient of U.S. foreign aid than the countries currently receiving funds.  Affleck discussed several of his new film roles in an interview broadcast on “Nightly News” Sept. 30, including his leading role in the Batman movie being filmed in Detroit because of its “post-apocalyptic” feel, according to NBC.  

He said of Detroit: “And you know, we get invested in, in nation building elsewhere, and I think sometimes for good or ill, but we have nation building to do at home for sure.”