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Did US Justice Dept snooping put AP anonymous sources at risk?

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Did US Justice Dept snooping put AP anonymous sources at risk?

By: Sydney Smith

May 21, 2013 06:00 AM EST

How many anonymous sources were put at risk by the Justice Department's snooping into the Associated Press's phone records? The U.S. Justice Department had obtained, without the Associated Press's knowledge,...

Call To Penalize Media Outlets Violating Journalism Ethics in Ghana

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Call To Penalize Media Outlets Violating Journalism Ethics in Ghana

By: Sydney Smith

May 19, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Ghana Institute of Journalism rector David Newton called for penalties against media outlets that don't follow journalism standards. Newton also advocated for the country's journalists abide by journalism ethics...

Scott Pelley says it has 'been a bad few months for journalism'

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Scott Pelley says it has 'been a bad few months for journalism'

By: Sydney Smith

May 18, 2013 06:00 AM EST

"We're getting the big stories wrong over and over again," CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley said recently, according to the Associated Press. Pelley, who also contributes to 60 Minutes, added that it...

IMediaEthics Nominated as Finalist in Online Media Awards

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iMediaEthics Nominated as Finalist in Online Media Awards

By: Sydney Smith

May 17, 2013 05:00 AM EST

iMediaEthics is pleased to report that we were named this week as a finalist in the 2013 Online Media Awards category for "Best Specialist Site for Journalism." Other finalists in this category are...

BBC's Interview with Anonymous Source Wasn't so Anonymous, Used his Real Voice, UK Regulator Calls out Invasion of Privacy

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BBC's Interview with Anonymous Source Wasn't so Anonymous, Used his Real Voice, UK Regulator Calls out Invasion of Privacy

By: Sydney Smith

May 12, 2013 06:00 AM EST

The BBC promised to give a "gambling addict" anonymity if he would be interviewed by the network's Panorama program for a feature on "gambling addiction," but the BBC didn't do a good job of...

Why Journalists Shouldn't Say 'Shark-infested Waters,' Guardian Readers Editor Explains

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Why Journalists Shouldn't Say 'Shark-infested Waters,' Guardian Readers Editor Explains

By: Sydney Smith

May 11, 2013 06:00 AM EST

The term "shark-infested waters" is an inaccurate cliche, the Guardian readers' editor Chris Elliott argued in a May 5 column. Readers took the paper to task after reporting on two American tourists who...

Student Newspaper Defends Anonymous Source Use in Adderall Story as 'Public Health Issue'

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Student Newspaper Defends Anonymous Source Use in Adderall Story as 'Public Health Issue'

By: Sydney Smith

May 10, 2013 06:00 AM EST

The University of Portland's [Oregon] student newspaper The Beacon offered an example of transparency to readers last month. In a story on college students taking Adderall, "Drugged For Success," the...

MSNBC Cuts & Pastes Biden's words about Benghazi, and makes them about Gun control, Says sorry afterwards

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MSNBC Cuts & Pastes Biden's words about Benghazi, and makes them about Gun control, Says sorry afterwards

By: Sydney Smith

May 07, 2013 06:00 AM EST

A "producer error" led MSNBC to quote Vice President Joe Biden out of context from one event (about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya) and apply it to another segment with a completely different meaning,...

Howard Kurtz: Jason Collins Error was 'Sloppy and Inexcusable'

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Howard Kurtz: Jason Collins Error was 'Sloppy and Inexcusable'

By: Sydney Smith

May 06, 2013 09:30 AM EST

Howard Kurtz apologized May 5 on his CNN program "Reliable Sources" for his now-retracted Daily Beast article about NBA player Jason...

Father of Teen May Sue, Accused by NY Post as Boston Marathon Bomber on Front Page

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Father of Teen May Sue, Accused by NY Post as Boston Marathon Bomber on Front Page

By: Sydney Smith

May 06, 2013 05:00 AM EST

An angry father of a teenager wrongly identified by the New York Post as a possible suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings might sue, the Washington Post reported. His son and another person were depicted in a...

LA Times, New York Times Join USA Today, AP in New Standards for 'Illegal Immigrant'

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LA Times, New York Times Join USA Today, AP in New Standards for 'Illegal Immigrant'

By: Sydney Smith

May 05, 2013 05:00 AM EST

The Los Angeles Times is the latest news organization to update its standards for how it reports on immigration. According to the Times, the newspaper plans on handling descriptions with "a careful, case-by-case...

Mike Bloomberg Only Allowed 1 Pizza Slice? Drudge Report Hoaxed by Daily Currant Satire Story

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Mike Bloomberg Only Allowed 1 Pizza Slice? Drudge Report Hoaxed by Daily Currant Satire Story

By: Sydney Smith

May 03, 2013 02:00 PM EST

Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Guardian's Twitter Accounts for 'Lies and Slander'

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Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Guardian's Twitter Accounts for 'Lies and Slander'

By: Sydney Smith

May 02, 2013 06:00 AM EST

The Guardian reported that some of its Twitter accounts was hacked this past week. Hacked accounts included the Guardian's Books, Travel and Film accounts. According to the Guardian, the Syrian...

IVA Worldwide fund invests 145%? New York Times Math Error Prompts Correction

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IVA Worldwide fund invests 145%? New York Times Math Error Prompts Correction

By: Sydney Smith

May 02, 2013 05:30 AM EST

The New York Times corrected an April 7 article that wrongly -- and impossibly -- claimed that 145% of investment management firm International Value Advisers (IVA) Worldwide's "total portfolio is in European...

Scottish Sun Invaded Privacy By Photographing Funeral, PCC Says

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Scottish Sun Invaded Privacy By Photographing Funeral, PCC Says

By: Sydney Smith

May 02, 2013 05:00 AM EST

The Scottish Sun was called out by the Press Complaints Commission for being insensitive and invasion of privacy when publishing pictures from a funeral last fall. The photos showed the family of Sir Chris Hoy at a...

11 Examples of Politico's Addiction to Anonymous Sources, Journalism's Crack Cocaine

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11 Examples of Politico's Addiction to Anonymous Sources, Journalism's Crack Cocaine

By: London Shearer Allen

April 30, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Politico, the Washington, D.C.-based political journalism organization, is notorious for using anonymous sources in its reporting and they have taken heat for it before. As Slate's David Weigel put it in his...

Associated Press' Twitter Hack: Would 'two-factor authentication' help?

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Associated Press' Twitter Hack: Would 'two-factor authentication' help?

By: Sydney Smith

April 29, 2013 06:00 AM EST

The Associated Press' Twitter accounts @ap and @AP_mobile were hacked this past week. The hackers posted to the @ap account a fake tweet on April 23 claiming the White House was attacked and President Obama was...

CBS News' 60 Minutes Twitter Account Hacked, Fake Tweet Posted

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CBS News' 60 Minutes Twitter Account Hacked, Fake Tweet Posted

By: Sydney Smith

April 28, 2013 07:00 AM EST

CBS News' Twitter account for 60 Minutes was hacked last Saturday and a phony tweet was posted. The fake tweet read, pictured above, "Exclusive: Terror is striking the #USA and #Obama is Shamelessly in Bed with...

NPR Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army, Says it's made 'Necessary Corrections'

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NPR Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army, Says it's made 'Necessary Corrections'

By: Sydney Smith

April 28, 2013 06:00 AM EST

The Syrian Electronic Army has hacked another news site. In recent months the group has hacked BBC Twitter accounts, the AFP's Twitter account, and Al Jazeera's "mobile service." This time,...

Editor of News Corp's The Sun OK'ed Bribes, UK Prosecutors Say

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Editor of News Corp's The Sun OK'ed Bribes, UK Prosecutors Say

By: Sydney Smith

April 28, 2013 05:00 AM EST

The executive editor of UK News Corp-owned newspaper The Sun, Fergus Shanahan, was charged in the UK police's investigation into bribery for "an offence of conspiring to commit misconduct in public office,"...

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