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After Snooping AP, Obama Admin Backs Media-Friendly Bill on Anonymous Sources, Subpoenas

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After Snooping AP, Obama Admin Backs Media-Friendly Bill on Anonymous Sources, Subpoenas

By: Sydney Smith

May 25, 2013 05:30 AM EST

Days after the secret subpoenas for phone records of the Associated Press came to light, the Obama administration announced it wants to make it easier for journalists to get similar subpoenas dropped by way of the Free...

Twitter Announces 2-Step Verification after Hacks to AP, CBS News, BBC, The Guardian, AFP

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Twitter Announces 2-Step Verification after Hacks to AP, CBS News, BBC, The Guardian, AFP

By: Sydney Smith

May 25, 2013 05:00 AM EST

Twitter now has a two-step verification process as a way to "better protect your Twitter account," the company announced in a May 22 blogpost. Users who opt into that extra verification step will first log in...

Financial Times' Twitter the Latest to be Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

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Financial Times' Twitter the Latest to be Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

By: Sydney Smith

May 25, 2013 04:30 AM EST

Hackers posted phony messages on the Financial Times' Twitter accounts and Tech Blog, Editors Weblog reported. The Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility for the hack. As iMediaEthics has written, that...

Al Jazeera Unpublishes 'Last of the Semites' Op-Ed, Admits It 'should have handled this better'

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Al Jazeera Unpublishes 'Last of the Semites' Op-Ed, Admits It 'should have handled this better'

By: Sydney Smith

May 24, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Al Jazeera unpublished an op-ed column by Joseph Massad titled "Last of the Semites" after deciding the content was questionable and also "similar in argument" to Massad's previously published work,...

Association of Food Journalists Revise Ethics Guidelines to 'Advance Ethical Standards'

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Association of Food Journalists Revise Ethics Guidelines to 'Advance Ethical Standards'

By: Sydney Smith

May 23, 2013 06:00 AM EST

The Association of Food Journalists released a revised set of "Food Critics' Guidelines" to advise food critics on fact checking, negative reviews, accepting freebies, and working anonymously. In the...

NYT Public Editor Calls for One Standard in Using Photoshop, Disclosures

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NYT Public Editor Calls for One Standard in Using Photoshop, Disclosures

By: Sydney Smith

May 22, 2013 06:00 AM EST

A discussion on Photoshopping images in the news was recently brought up after a New York Times editor told public editor Margaret Sullivan that she almost doctored a photo of a model to make the model less...

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,...

'Transgender Issues' after Apparent Suicide of Teacher Lucy Meadows, PCC to Advise Media

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'Transgender Issues' after Apparent Suicide of Teacher Lucy Meadows, PCC to Advise Media

By: Sydney Smith

May 20, 2013 05:00 AM EST

The UK Press Complaints Commission announced last week that it is working on new guidance related to "transgender issues." In creating this guidance, the PCC said it plans to "consult with representatives...

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...

Toronto Star's Front-Page Apology 1st in 18 Years, Story was 'Entirely Wrong,' Public Editor Says

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Toronto Star's Front-Page Apology 1st in 18 Years, Story was 'Entirely Wrong,' Public Editor Says

By: Sydney Smith

May 16, 2013 06:00 AM EST

CNN Covers Up Error in Cleveland Kidnappings Case: Amanda Berry NOT Ariel Castro's Daughter's Best Friend

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CNN Covers Up Error in Cleveland Kidnappings Case: Amanda Berry NOT Ariel Castro's Daughter's Best Friend

By: 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...

Sports Reporter Fired after 'Tremendous Amount of Sex' Freudian Slip

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Sports Reporter Fired after 'Tremendous Amount of Sex' Freudian Slip

By: Sydney Smith

May 15, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Comcast SportsNet Chicago fired sports reporter Susannah Collins earlier this month, according to the sports media website Sherman Report. The May 3 firing came just days after she botched her comments about a Chicago...

New York Post fakes it again, Obama photo doctored with NO disclosure

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New York Post fakes it again, Obama photo doctored with NO disclosure

By: Rhonda Roland Shearer

May 14, 2013 01:55 PM EST

Can't the New York Post play by the rules? Photo editors know they are supposed to disclose when an image is a "photo illustration" even if the image looks obviously Photoshopped to many. Sunday, the NY...

South Korean News Denies Photoshop of Obama, Park Geun-hye, Admits to failed caption

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South Korean News Denies Photoshop of Obama, Park Geun-hye, Admits to failed caption

By: Sydney Smith

May 14, 2013 06:00 AM EST

South Korean news organization Yonhap News Agency published a strange side-by-side image of South Korea's president Park Geun-hye with President Barack Obama apparently shaking hands. It's odd because it creates an...

Did Egyptian Newspaper Publish Fake Interview with Hosni Mubarak? Lawyer Says 'Whole Interview is a Lie'

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Did Egyptian Newspaper Publish Fake Interview with Hosni Mubarak? Lawyer Says 'Whole Interview is a Lie'

By: Sydney Smith

May 13, 2013 11:40 AM EST

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's lawyer accused newspaper al-Watan of publishing a fake interview with Mubarak. Al-Watan reporter Mohammad Al Shaikh claims he talked to Mubarak recently, and that Mubarak...

One-Third of the Public Doesn't Care about Immigration Reform, New iMediaEthics PollCheck Finds

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One-Third of the Public Doesn't Care about Immigration Reform, New iMediaEthics PollCheck Finds

By: 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...

IMediaEthics Immigration Survey: Methodology & Topline

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iMediaEthics Immigration Survey: Methodology & Topline

By: 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...

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...

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