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Why 3 Polls on NSA Snooping Produce Wildly Contradictory Results
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David W. Moore
June 14, 2013
03:30 PM EST
Three recent polls have all purported to measure the public’s reaction to the revelations that the National Security Agency (NSA) has engaged in tracking massive numbers of Americans’ email and phone records. But...
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Bradley Manning's Trial for Leaking to WikiLeaks Started this Week
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Sydney Smith
June 05, 2013
11:30 AM EST
The trial against Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army soldier who admitted earlier this year that he provided hundreds of thousands of leaked documents to WikiLeaks back in 2010, began Monday. As iMediaEthics wrote in...
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Did Seattle Times Libel Psychologist? Washington News Council holding Hearing Tomorrow
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Sydney Smith
May 31, 2013
03:00 PM EST
Did the Seattle Times libel a Washington (state) psychologist with its reporting series on Sexual Violent Predators (SVP), "Price of Protection"? The series, by Times reporter Christine Willmsen, focused on...
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Three Interpretations of Recent ABC/Post Poll on Immigration Reform
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David W. Moore
May 30, 2013
05:00 AM EST
According to the latest ABC/Washington Post poll on immigration reform, a solid majority of Americans continue to support a “path to legal status for undocumented immigrants,” 58% in favor, 38%...
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AP Reports 2 of 5 Teens Dead in Car Crash 'Middle Eastern' & 'Obsessed'
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London Shearer Allen
May 29, 2013
07:32 PM EST
Tragedy struck five teens over Memorial Day weekend in a Newport Beach, California car crash. But why did the Associated Press go to great lengths to describe the two boys’ Arabic speaking, Middle Eastern...
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Navasky's History of Political Cartoons Raises Unique Issues of Journalism Ethics and Pulls Some Punches
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Alan Bisbort
May 28, 2013
05:43 AM EST
You know you have stumbled upon a third rail of media ethics when a book about “the art of controversy” is published without showing the most controversial examples. Such is the case with Victor S....
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CNN Covers Up Error in Cleveland Kidnappings Case: Amanda Berry NOT Ariel Castro's Daughter's Best Friend
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Sydney Smith
May 15, 2013
10:00 AM EST
CNN's Michael Martinez made an error in his May 12 story on the Cleveland kidnappings case and suspect Ariel Castro. But, at some point since the story's publication, CNN or Martinez spotted the error and...
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One-Third of the Public Doesn't Care about Immigration Reform, New iMediaEthics PollCheck Finds
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David W. Moore
May 13, 2013
05:00 AM EST
A new iMediaEthics poll suggests Americans are more laid back about immigration reform than what most polls show, with about a third of the public unengaged on the issue. The rest appear to be about evenly divided on whether...
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iMediaEthics Immigration Survey: Methodology & Topline
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David W. Moore
May 13, 2013
05:00 AM EST
IMEDIAETHICS METHODOLOGY FOR IMMIGRATION SURVEY Geography Surveyed: USA 50 States Data Collected: 04/13/2013 - 04/16/2013 Immigration: 896 adults nationwide were interviewed by SurveyUSA Saturday 04/13/13 through...
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Cleveland 'Hero' Charles Ramsey's Criminal Past Highlighted, ABC Affiliate says 'Sorry'
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May 11, 2013
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Should Media Name Amanda Berry's Daughter in Reporting on Cleveland Kidnappings Case?
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Sydney Smith
May 09, 2013
02:21 PM EST
Many news outlets are naming the six-year-old daughter of Cleveland kidnapping victim, Amanda Berry. But should they? Berry is one of three women who were kidnapped in Ohio...
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Campus Police Intimidate Student Journalists, Lessons learned from Stony Brook Univ. fire
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Wasim Ahmad
May 09, 2013
07:00 AM EST
There are journalists, and then there are police. And then there are student journalists. And campus police. Whereas battle-hardened, experienced journalists know how to pick their battles and navigate their way...
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Cornell University Daily Sun Newspaper Invaded Rape Victim's Privacy Says Public Editor
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Sydney Smith
May 09, 2013
06:00 AM EST
The public editor for Cornell University's student newspaper Cornell Daily Sun, Nicholas Kaasik, slammed the newspaper for how it reported on rape in an April 4 story. "In my opinion, The Sun had a...
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Bronx 5-Alarm Blaze Fact Check Shows Sloppy Local Reporting, Not Just In National Breaking News Coverage
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Rhonda Roland Shearer
May 08, 2013
06:00 AM EST
It is easy to critique the media for errors during national breaking news like the Boston Marathon bombing, but what about daily local coverage? An iMediaEthics fact check of stories about a recent fire in the...
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Louisiana High School Newspaper's Prank Gone Wrong
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Sydney Smith
May 04, 2013
06:00 AM EST
A Louisiana high school's student newspaper published a story that local restaurant was being shut down and possibly sued over huge health violations, like selling old, re-used food, including "months old"...
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3 in 10 Voters Believe Armed Revolution Might Be Necessary? Relax!
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David W. Moore
May 03, 2013
01:55 PM EST
Recently, Fairleigh Dickinson’s PublicMind poll released results of a national survey showing 29% of registered voters agree with the statement, “In the next few years, an armed revolution might be necessary in...
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WPIX-TV airs 'Best Sex Ever' Sunday at 10 AM when Kids seek cartoons,'This is uncharted territory' Parents Television Council says
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Rhonda Roland Shearer
May 03, 2013
06:00 AM EST
While New York children were watching TV and munching on cornflakes while parents slept in, New York's WPIX-TV (PIX Channel 11) aired a program called "Best Sex Ever"’ on a recent Sunday morning. ...
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9/11 Plane debris: NYPD doesn't believe it is a hoax
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April 29, 2013
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Tsarnaevs didn't rob 7-Eleven, Zooey Deschanel NOT a suspect, More Errors in Boston Marathon Bombings Coverage:
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Sydney Smith
April 25, 2013
01:00 PM EST
In the ten days since the Boston Marathon bombings, there have been a handful of errors and ethical issues in the related news media reportage. iMediaEthics has already written several stories about errors, including The...
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'I was Plagiarized by the Stanford Review,' Journalist says, Student Newspaper Investigates 'Dishonesty'
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Sydney Smith
April 21, 2013
06:00 AM EST
Writer Dan Cassavaugh justifiably accused Stanford University student newspaper The Stanford Review of plagiarism, iMediaEthics has found. In a tweet that Jim Romenesko picked up, Cassavaugh claimed The Stanford Review...
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