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What the AP Poll on Racial Attitudes Really Tells Us, Part 1
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Column : Poll Skeptic Report
What the AP Poll on Racial Attitudes Really Tells Us, Part 1
By: David W. Moore
November 04, 2012 06:00 AM EST
Editors' Note: This is Part 1 of a 2-part analysis by David Moore of the Associated Press Poll on racial attitudes, conducted by researchers from Standford University, the University of Michigan, and NORC at the...
Fake Photos of Hurricane Sandy & Tips for IDing Photoshopped Pics Keep Circulating
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Fake Photos of Hurricane Sandy & Tips for IDing Photoshopped Pics Keep Circulating
By: Sydney Smith
November 03, 2012 07:00 PM EST
CNN Airs Wrong Photo of Sandy Victim Lauren Abraham, Anderson Cooper Corrects
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CNN Airs Wrong Photo of Sandy Victim Lauren Abraham, Anderson Cooper Corrects
By: Sydney Smith
November 02, 2012 11:00 AM EST
CNN Corrects New York Stock Exchange Flooded by Sandy Report. WSJ Corrects Subway Report
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CNN Corrects New York Stock Exchange Flooded by Sandy Report. WSJ Corrects Subway Report
By: Sydney Smith
October 30, 2012 04:30 PM EST
CNN and the Weather Channel both told viewers that the floor of the New York Stock Exchange was flooded with three feet of water Oct. 29 because of Hurricane Sandy. But, it...
Fake Photos, Old Photos Circulate with Hurricane Sandy Posts
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Fake Photos, Old Photos Circulate with Hurricane Sandy Posts
By: Sydney Smith
October 29, 2012 09:05 PM EST
Fake and dated photos are circulating with Hurricane Sandy coverage...
How New York Media Are Reporting Upper West Side Children's Murders, Nanny Story
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How New York Media Are Reporting Upper West Side Children's Murders, Nanny Story
By: Sydney Smith
October 28, 2012 06:00 AM EST
How should news outlets handle photos of the Upper West Side family the Krims, whose personal tragedy has made national news? As has been much reported, mother Marina Krim returned to the family's Upper West Side...
NYT Executive Editor on Anonymous Sources, Photojournalism Ethics, Libya Coverage & More
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NYT Executive Editor on Anonymous Sources, Photojournalism Ethics, Libya Coverage & More
By: Sydney Smith
October 27, 2012 06:00 AM EST
New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson commented on the Times' standards, policies and thoughts on sourcing, online comments, reporting on Libya and more in a recent Q & A with readers. Sourcing In...
Wisconsin's WKBT Jennifer Livingston Calls out Viewer for 'Obesity' Letter, Was it OK to use Newscast to Respond?
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Wisconsin's WKBT Jennifer Livingston Calls out Viewer for 'Obesity' Letter, Was it OK to use Newscast to Respond?
By: Sydney Smith
October 25, 2012 06:00 AM EST
Journalism ethicist Stephen Ward commented that he was "uncomfortable" with TV journalist Jennifer Livingston using part of her Wisconsin WKBT news program to give a "four-minute rebuttal to a viewer's...
Daily Wildcat Beefs up Standards for Comics after Controversial Cartoon Accused of Homophobia
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Daily Wildcat Beefs up Standards for Comics after Controversial Cartoon Accused of Homophobia
By: Sydney Smith
October 24, 2012 04:00 AM EST
As iMediaEthics wrote earlier this week, the Daily Wildcat, an "independent news organization" at the University of Arizona, apologized after running a comic that "readers felt was homophobic and...
Arizona's Daily Wildcat Apologizes for Homophobic Cartoon, Fires Cartoonist
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Arizona's Daily Wildcat Apologizes for Homophobic Cartoon, Fires Cartoonist
By: Sydney Smith
October 21, 2012 05:00 AM EST
The Arizona Daily Wildcat apologized Oct. 17 for its "serious error in judgment in printing a cartoon that some readers felt was homophobic and inappropriate." The Wildcat identifies itself as "an...
BYU Prof Calls for Journalism Students to have a 'Moral Compass'
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BYU Prof Calls for Journalism Students to have a 'Moral Compass'
By: Sydney Smith
October 13, 2012 05:45 AM EST
Brigham Young University journalism professor Joel Campbell called for journalism students to "have kind of a moral compass in what they do" during an October "lecture series," the...
NYT Adds Editors' Note to College Drinking Article, 6 Fake Names included in Report
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NYT Adds Editors' Note to College Drinking Article, 6 Fake Names included in Report
By: Sydney Smith
October 11, 2012 06:55 PM EST
South Carolina, Georgia Newspapers Discuss Journalism Ethics at Forum
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South Carolina, Georgia Newspapers Discuss Journalism Ethics at Forum
By: Sydney Smith
October 10, 2012 05:00 AM EST
Editors from the Hilton Head Island Packet/Beaufort Gazette, the Gullah Sentinel and the Savannah Morning News discussed journalism ethics in a recent Beaufort County Library "forum," according to Beaufort Gazette...
Fox News Apologizes for Airing Suicide, 'We Really Messed Up'
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Fox News Apologizes for Airing Suicide, 'We Really Messed Up'
By: Sydney Smith
September 29, 2012 06:00 AM EST
Shepard Smith apologized after Fox News aired live footage of a man killing himself, the New York Times reported.  Smith said: "We really messed up…and we're all very sorry. That didn't belong on...
Univ. of Washington Wants a Media Ethics Professor
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Univ. of Washington Wants a Media Ethics Professor
By: Sydney Smith
September 16, 2012 04:00 AM EST
The University of Washington's Department of Communications is looking for a "full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor who focuses on journalism and communication ethics in a digital age," according to a...
Beef Producer Claims to Have Been Libeled by ABC News, Diane Sawyer
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Beef Producer Claims to Have Been Libeled by ABC News, Diane Sawyer
By: Sydney Smith
September 14, 2012 05:00 AM EST
Beef Products Inc. (BPI) is suing ABC News for defamation because it claims that the network's reporters on its "lean finely textured beef, the food product that critics call 'pink slime,'" caused...
Arizona's KPHO Reviewed Raquel Velasco's Work for Plagiarism, says ASU 'Alerted' Station
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Arizona's KPHO Reviewed Raquel Velasco's Work for Plagiarism, says ASU 'Alerted' Station
By: Sydney Smith
September 12, 2012 02:30 PM EST
As we've previously written, Arizona State University's student newspaper the State Press retracted articles by student writer Raquel Velasco because of plagiarism.  A few days later, Arizona...
Shepard Fairey Gets Probation for 'Destroyed Documents,' Fake 'Images' in Copyright Battle with AP
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Shepard Fairey Gets Probation for 'Destroyed Documents,' Fake 'Images' in Copyright Battle with AP
By: Sydney Smith
September 10, 2012 09:30 PM EST
Shepard Fairey, the artist who created the Obama Hope poster with an Associated Press photo, was "sentenced to two years of probation, 300 hours of community service and a $25,000 fine," related to his lawsuit with...
IMediaEthics PollCheck Highlights Problem with General Questions in Gun Control Polls
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News Story : PollCheck
iMediaEthics PollCheck Highlights Problem with General Questions in Gun Control Polls
By: David W. Moore
September 10, 2012 05:00 AM EST
A new iMediaEthics PollCheck survey, designed to check the validity of media polling, finds that when the American public is asked about new specific gun control measures, large majorities express strong support. Such...
IMediaEthics Poll on Gun Control: Methodology Statement & Topline
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News Story : PollCheck
iMediaEthics Poll on Gun Control: Methodology Statement & Topline
By: David W. Moore
September 10, 2012 04:45 AM EST
840 adults nationwide were interviewed by SurveyUSA Friday 08/10/12 through Monday 08/13/12. Research, conceptualized and commissioned by iMediaEthics.org, was conducted 100% by telephone, as follows: Adults reachable on a...
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