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 Toronto Star Defends Outing Mayor Rob Ford's 'Alcohol Abuse' with Anonymous Sources
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Toronto Star Defends Outing Mayor Rob Ford's 'Alcohol Abuse' with Anonymous Sources
By: Sydney Smith
April 30, 2013 07:00 AM EST
Why did the Toronto Star use anonymous sources to claim that the city's mayor, Rob Ford, was possibly so drunk that he was kicked out of a military event? In an April column, public editor Kathy English inspected...
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...
9/11 Plane debris: NYPD doesn't believe it is a hoax
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9/11 Plane debris: NYPD doesn't believe it is a hoax
By: London Shearer Allen
April 29, 2013 02:57 PM EST
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,"...
Kate Middleton Topless Pics Photographer Could go to Jail
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Kate Middleton Topless Pics Photographer Could go to Jail
By: Sydney Smith
April 27, 2013 06:00 AM EST
Last year, French magazine Closer published topless pictures of Kate Middleton (aka the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William's wife) sunbathing on a terrace of a house during a vacation.  Middleton and her...
Sarah Palin Wants to Invade Czech Republic? Polish Magazine Hoaxed by Satire Site's Fake Quotes
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Sarah Palin Wants to Invade Czech Republic? Polish Magazine Hoaxed by Satire Site's Fake Quotes
By: Sydney Smith
April 26, 2013 06:00 AM EST
Polish magazine Wprost was hoaxed by a satire article claiming Sarah Palin wanted President Obama to invade the Czech Republic as a retaliation for the Boston Marathon bombings, the Examiner and Jim Romenesko...
 Tsarnaevs didn't rob 7-Eleven, Zooey Deschanel NOT a suspect, More Errors in Boston Marathon Bombings Coverage:
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Tsarnaevs didn't rob 7-Eleven, Zooey Deschanel NOT a suspect, More Errors in Boston Marathon Bombings Coverage:
By: 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...
Philippines Newspaper Hoaxed by Fake Photo of Time Magazine, Says Sorry for Front-Page 'Mistake'
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Philippines Newspaper Hoaxed by Fake Photo of Time Magazine, Says Sorry for Front-Page 'Mistake'
By: Sydney Smith
April 25, 2013 06:00 AM EST
12 plus Anonymous Sources told Politico that NYTimes Editor Abramson is the B-Word (Commentary)
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12 plus Anonymous Sources told Politico that NYTimes Editor Abramson is the B-Word (Commentary)
By: London Shearer Allen
April 24, 2013 01:20 PM EST
Dylan Byers of Politico has written a bizarre hatchet job of NY Times executive editor Jill Abramson.  Apparently, she is a bitch, at least according to not one but “more than a dozen current and former members of...
Reuters Deputy Social Media Editor Fired for Boston Marathon Tweets?
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Reuters Deputy Social Media Editor Fired for Boston Marathon Tweets?
By: Sydney Smith
April 24, 2013 06:00 AM EST
Matthew Keys was fired from Reuters just a month after he was accused  of helping Anonymous hack the Los Angeles Times' website. Keys, who was...
NYTimes: 'We Tend not to Accept Native Advertising or Branded Content'
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NYTimes: 'We Tend not to Accept Native Advertising or Branded Content'
By: Sydney Smith
April 23, 2013 06:00 AM EST
UConn Coach Geno Auriemma Needs 'Big Lesson in Humility,' Sports Blogger Retracts Criticism
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UConn Coach Geno Auriemma Needs 'Big Lesson in Humility,' Sports Blogger Retracts Criticism
By: Sydney Smith
April 22, 2013 06:00 AM EST
Chattanoogan.com blogger and veteran sports broadcaster Randy Smith retracted his April 10 blogpost, apologized for quoting Geno Auriemma, head coach of University of Connecticut women's basketball team The Huskies, out...
'I was Plagiarized by the Stanford Review,' Journalist says, Student Newspaper Investigates 'Dishonesty'
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'I was Plagiarized by the Stanford Review,' Journalist says, Student Newspaper Investigates 'Dishonesty'
By: 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...
Cape Cod Times, Macy's Say Sorry for 'Unintentional' Pressure Cooker Ad Published next to Boston Marathon Bomb Stories
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Cape Cod Times, Macy's Say Sorry for 'Unintentional' Pressure Cooker Ad Published next to Boston Marathon Bomb Stories
By: Sydney Smith
April 20, 2013 12:30 PM EST
The Cape Cod Times apologized to readers for putting an advertisement for a pressure cooker next to a story about the pressure cooker bomb used in the Boston Marathon explosion, Jim Romenesko reported. "The news...
 Paul Ryan Letter to Editor "Contained an Egregious Error", Kansas City Star Readers Rep says
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Paul Ryan Letter to Editor "Contained an Egregious Error", Kansas City Star Readers Rep says
By: Sydney Smith
April 20, 2013 06:00 AM EST
The Kansas City Star fact checks letters to the editor before publication, according to the newspaper's public editor Derek Donovan. But, in an April 12 case, the paper missed an error in a letter about Rep. Paul...
NBC News Accidentally Airs Expletive in Watertown Lockdown Coverage
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NBC News Accidentally Airs Expletive in Watertown Lockdown Coverage
By: Sydney Smith
April 19, 2013 07:25 PM EST
NYDaily News Defends Photoshopping Boston Marathon Pic, NYPost Stands by Front-Page Photo of Non-Suspects
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NYDaily News Defends Photoshopping Boston Marathon Pic, NYPost Stands by Front-Page Photo of Non-Suspects
By: Sydney Smith
April 19, 2013 02:30 PM EST
Both The New York Daily News and New York Post have caught heat for their photojournalism ethics in reporting on the Boston Marathon explosions. The New York Daily News defended doctoring its front-page photograph to...
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