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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
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...
Why Newspaper Published Fake Interview with Politician, Called it 'A Little Piece of Satire'
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Why Newspaper Published Fake Interview with Politician, Called it 'A Little Piece of Satire'
By: Sydney Smith
March 01, 2013 07:00 AM EST
As iMediaEthics wrote this past weekend, Falkland Islands' only newspaper, the weekly Penguin News, published a fake interview purporting to be with Argentina's foreign minister, Héctor Timerman. The...
Derren Brown Calls the UK Sun's Story He's Turning a Gay Man Straight 'Rubbish'
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Derren Brown Calls the UK Sun's Story He's Turning a Gay Man Straight 'Rubbish'
By: Sebastian Longdon
February 23, 2013 12:30 PM EST
British television illusionist Derren Brown has denied a newspaper's report that he will turn a straight man gay on live television. How did the the newspaper get the story so wrong?  iMediaEthics learned that...
Russian NY Times? Nope! Just a Fake News Ad for FX's the Americans...
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Russian NY Times? Nope! Just a Fake News Ad for FX's the Americans...
By: Sydney Smith
February 04, 2013 02:45 PM EST
Buy Link Love? The Atlantic Won't Moderate Comments in Advertorials after Scientology Ad Criticism
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Buy Link Love? The Atlantic Won't Moderate Comments in Advertorials after Scientology Ad Criticism
By: Sydney Smith
February 03, 2013 07:00 AM EST
The Atlantic has announced new "Advertising Guidelines" in light of its much-criticized advertorial for the Church of Scientology, Ad Week reported. As iMediaEthics wrote, in mid-January, The Atlantic...
The Atlantic Takes $ from Scientology for Advertorial that Looked Just Like Real Article with Comments Section
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The Atlantic Takes $ from Scientology for Advertorial that Looked Just Like Real Article with Comments Section
By: Sydney Smith
January 19, 2013 07:00 AM EST
Chicago Tribune Criticized for 'Book of Mormon' Advertising Wrap-around
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Chicago Tribune Criticized for 'Book of Mormon' Advertising Wrap-around
By: Sydney Smith
January 18, 2013 06:00 AM EST
The Chicago Tribune's advertisement for a stage production of The Book of Mormon drew criticism from at least one reader for questionable journalism ethics.  In a Jan. 7 Letter to the Editor, reader Barry...
Winnipeg Ikea 'Media Event' for Journalists, Bloggers Gives Drinks, Foods and 'Swag Bags'
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Winnipeg Ikea 'Media Event' for Journalists, Bloggers Gives Drinks, Foods and 'Swag Bags'
By: Sydney Smith
December 01, 2012 07:00 AM EST
Estonian Newspaper Apologizes for Weight-Loss Nazi Camp Fake Photo Ad
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Estonian Newspaper Apologizes for Weight-Loss Nazi Camp Fake Photo Ad
By: Sydney Smith
September 21, 2012 11:15 PM EST
Estonian newspaper Eesti Ekspress apologized for a "fake ad" in its "humor section" that paired "a photo of prisoners at a Nazi concentration camp" with a weight loss slogan, JTA...
Review, Ad for Book on Opposite Pages not Planned, Science News Says
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Review, Ad for Book on Opposite Pages not Planned, Science News Says
By: Sydney Smith
September 19, 2012 05:30 PM EST
Science News will "plan to try to watch out" for any possible appearances of blurred lines between its advertising and news content "to avoid any appearance of a connection that does not exist." This vow...
Seattle PI runs Real Estate Listings as News?
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Seattle PI runs Real Estate Listings as News?
By: Mary Huber
June 26, 2012 05:00 AM EST
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is running twice-weekly profiles of homes for sale in the Seattle area alongside news stories.  But the listings carry no disclosures that they are essentially advertisements, not...
Readers Editor: Guardian 'should not have distributed' Pro-Sri Lanka Supplement
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Readers Editor: Guardian 'should not have distributed' Pro-Sri Lanka Supplement
By: Sydney Smith
June 13, 2012 05:00 AM EST
The Guardian didn't intentionally place a promotional supplement on Sri Lanka next to an article critical of Sri Lanka, but the accident will prompt the newspaper's editorial and commercial departments to...
California's Beachcomber Advertorials are Disclosed
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California's Beachcomber Advertorials are Disclosed
By: Sydney Smith
June 12, 2012 04:00 PM EST
The (Long Beach) Beachcomber is selling advertorials, LA Observed reported.  According to the "pitch" from their "advertising rep," republished by LA Observed, "The cost for these...
Tennessean Runs 'Article' by Hospital
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Tennessean Runs 'Article' by Hospital
By: Sydney Smith
June 09, 2012 02:55 PM EST
The Nashville Tennessean ran an article from a local hospital, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the Nashville Scene reported.   The article in question was written by two former journalists who are now...
PR Company Apologizes for Soliciting Gifts, $ for CNN Freelancer's Baby Shower, CNN says
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PR Company Apologizes for Soliciting Gifts, $ for CNN Freelancer's Baby Shower, CNN says
By: Sydney Smith
May 06, 2012 04:50 PM EST
Gawker published what appeared to be an invitation to exchange gifts for a CNN Espanol reporter's baby shower for coverage this week. The Gawker blogpost, "CNN Correspondent Uses Her Baby Shower to Solicit...
India's Press Council Chair: Regulation Necessary for Media, Sensationalism & Paid News Problems in India's Media
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India's Press Council Chair: Regulation Necessary for Media, Sensationalism & Paid News Problems in India's Media
By: Sydney Smith
May 03, 2012 05:00 AM EST
India's Press Council chairman Markandey Katju called for a better regulation system for the country's media in an editorial in The Hindu.  Katju wrote that his "ideas on this issue have generated some...
'Pay-for-Media-Play' Common in Chinese, Taiwanese Media, says NYT, Global Post, Taipei Times reports
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'Pay-for-Media-Play' Common in Chinese, Taiwanese Media, says NYT, Global Post, Taipei Times reports
By: Sydney Smith
April 26, 2012 05:00 AM EST
The practice of paying Chinese media outlets for positive coverage was highlighted by the New York Times in an early April...
Advertising Watchdog on Claims TripAdvisor Published Fake Reviews
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Advertising Watchdog on Claims TripAdvisor Published Fake Reviews
By: Sydney Smith
February 04, 2012 03:35 PM EST
In February 2011, we wrote about claims made by "online reputation services" company KwikChex that TripAdvisor was hosting 27,000 defamatory and fake reviews. In September 2011, the Advertising Standards...
Nigerian Govt says Advertorial has Fake News, Complaining to Press Council
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Nigerian Govt says Advertorial has Fake News, Complaining to Press Council
By: Sydney Smith
January 25, 2012 03:25 PM EST
Three Lagos, Nigeria government officials including Lagos' attorney general questioned an advertorial published in the Nigerian Tribune, national newspaper Leadership reported.  The officials --  Ade...
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