6 Famous Frivolous Lawsuit Stories that Are Total BS

While the Cracked.com style might be a bit fruity for some classrooms, these are excellent case studies in the way in which law gets mis-represented in the media.  Good for myth-busting lectures, and it starts with the famous McDonalds coffee case and even links to an image of the actual injuries suffered, not for the squeamish.

http://www.cracked.com/article_19150_6-famous-frivolous-lawsuit-stories-that-are-total-b.s..html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=fanpage&utm_campaign=new+article&wa_ibsrc=fanpage

Goodies and Baddies

"The idea of "humanitarian intervention" which is behind the decision to attack in Libya is one of the central beliefs of our age. It divides people. Some see it as a noble, disinterested use of Western power. Others see it as a smokescreen for a latter-day liberal imperialism. I want to tell the story of how this idea originated and how it has grown up to possess the minds of a generation of liberal men and women in Europe and America."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2011/03/goodies_and_baddies.html

This is a link to Adam Curtis' blog and with with typical aplomb he launches into an analysis of mythbuilding in politics and media which ties together threads across his previous documentary work.   Not directly on the topic of  legal education, but really worth spending some time with this.

Another excellent journalism link

Great if you are teaching students about evaluating information and fact checking:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/feb/23/churnalism-pr-media-trust?INTCMP=SRCH