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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...
BBC Fires Sports Broadcaster who Admitted 'Indecent Assault on Young Girls'
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BBC Fires Sports Broadcaster who Admitted 'Indecent Assault on Young Girls'
By: Sydney Smith
May 09, 2013 10:35 AM EST
The BBC announced that it fired sports broadcaster Stuart Hall the same day that UK prosecutors confirmed he "pleaded guilty to 14 indecent assaults on young girls" between 1967 and 1986, the Associated Press...
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...
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,"...
UK Magazine Pays Murderer's Sister for Interview, PCC says not OK
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UK Magazine Pays Murderer's Sister for Interview, PCC says not OK
By: Sydney Smith
April 12, 2013 06:00 AM EST
UK magazine That's Life paid a convicted murderer's sister for an interview about her imprisoned brother.   That's Life is a weekly Bauer Publishing magazine for...
Is Daily Mirror Pretending It wasn't Hoaxed by Virgin Atlantic Glass-Bottomed Plane April Fools Prank?
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Is Daily Mirror Pretending It wasn't Hoaxed by Virgin Atlantic Glass-Bottomed Plane April Fools Prank?
By: Sydney Smith
April 09, 2013 02:00 PM EST
Was the UK Daily Mirror hoaxed by an April Fools' joke? In an April 1 story, the Mirror reported on Virgin Atlantic Airways's announcement that it was going to premiere a plane with a glass floor.  But the...
BBC Identifies South African Man as 'Gay Marriage' in Caption, Says Sorry for 'Technical Mistake '
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BBC Identifies South African Man as 'Gay Marriage' in Caption, Says Sorry for 'Technical Mistake '
By: Sydney Smith
April 03, 2013 06:00 AM EST
The BBC wrongly identified a South African man named Rufus Lekala as "Gay Marriage" in an on-air segment, the Guardian reported. Lekala is...
Police Charge the UK's Sun's Deputy Editor in Bribery Investigation
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Police Charge the UK's Sun's Deputy Editor in Bribery Investigation
By: Sydney Smith
April 02, 2013 05:00 AM EST
UK prosecutors have charged the Sun's deputy editor Geoff Webster, accusing him of approving two payments to public officials a few years ago, the Guardian reported. The Crown Prosecution Service's statement...
Is UK Media Harassing Vicky Pryce in Prison? Family Files Complaint with PCC
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Is UK Media Harassing Vicky Pryce in Prison? Family Files Complaint with PCC
By: Sydney Smith
March 31, 2013 06:00 AM EST
Calling Transsexuals 'Bed-wetters in bad wigs' OK with PCC, Rules not Discrimination or Harassment
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Calling Transsexuals 'Bed-wetters in bad wigs' OK with PCC, Rules not Discrimination or Harassment
By: Sydney Smith
March 27, 2013 02:15 PM EST
Even though complainants in the U.K. found the Observer's column about transgender people was "offensive," the Press Complaints Commission ruled that the column didn't break the PCC's Editors...
Anti-Semitic Tweets Posted on BBC Twitter by Syrian Electronic Army
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Anti-Semitic Tweets Posted on BBC Twitter by Syrian Electronic Army
By: Sydney Smith
March 26, 2013 06:00 AM EST
Fake "political, anti-Semitic and comical" tweets were posted by hackers on "several BBC Twitter accounts' last week, the Associated Press reported. Hacking group the Syrian Electronic Army claimed...
The Telegraph Mix-up:  Wrongly Says Actor John Goodman in 80s TV sitcom, Cheers?
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The Telegraph Mix-up: Wrongly Says Actor John Goodman in 80s TV sitcom, Cheers?
By: Sydney Smith
March 26, 2013 06:00 AM EST
The UK Telegraph wrongly reported that actor John Goodman was in the 1980s TV show Cheers. The Telegraph's story said that Goodman "made his name in...
Why isn't Sky News Prosecuted for Hacking John Darwin's Emails?
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Why isn't Sky News Prosecuted for Hacking John Darwin's Emails?
By: Sydney Smith
March 24, 2013 06:00 AM EST
The UK police decided not to prosecute Sky News' Gerard Tubb for hacking the email account of John Darwin, a man accused of faking his own death,  The Guardian reported. Darwin faked his death so his wife could get...
Neanderthal Clone Baby Story Disappears on UK Metro, Unpublishing suspected
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Neanderthal Clone Baby Story Disappears on UK Metro, Unpublishing suspected
By: Sydney Smith
March 20, 2013 06:00 AM EST
The UK Metro has unpublished a Jan. 21 article containing a fake quote about the possibility of a Neanderthal clone...
Current Editor of UK Sunday People Newspaper Arrested in Phone Hacking Scandal
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Current Editor of UK Sunday People Newspaper Arrested in Phone Hacking Scandal
By: Sydney Smith
March 18, 2013 06:00 AM EST
We Were 'Wrong' about Qatar Dream Football League, says Times of London
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We Were 'Wrong' about Qatar Dream Football League, says Times of London
By: Sydney Smith
March 17, 2013 10:45 PM EST
The Times of London admitted in its March 18 edition that its "exclusive" story that there was going to be a Dream Football League with a 2015 tournament in Qatar was "wrong." In a report (partially...
Was Times of London Hoaxed by French Satire story on Qatar Dream Football League?
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Was Times of London Hoaxed by French Satire story on Qatar Dream Football League?
By: Sydney Smith
March 14, 2013 06:05 PM EST
The Times of London denied that it was hoaxed by a French satire article, but the evidence against the paper looks pretty solid. The Times' Oliver Kay...
UK Police Arrest Tweeter After Naming Alleged Child Sex Assault Victim
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UK Police Arrest Tweeter After Naming Alleged Child Sex Assault Victim
By: Sydney Smith
March 12, 2013 06:00 AM EST
UK police arrested someone for identifying an alleged sexual offense victim in a tweet, the Guardian reported. In this case, the tweeter reportedly named the girl who was allegedly a victim of an assault by actor...
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