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March 04, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Rutgers University "satirical fake news" paper The Medium apologized Feb. 27 for an article "written in a cruel, debasing manner that does not reflect the values or goals of our...

Who Gave Bashid Mclean's Mom's Severed Head Pic to NYPost, NYDaily News? NYPD Says Not Them

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Who Gave Bashid Mclean's Mom's Severed Head Pic to NYPost, NYDaily News? NYPD Says Not Them

By: Rhonda Roland Shearer, Sydney Smith

March 03, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Two New York newspapers published a "stomach-turning photo" of Bashid McLean, a New York man who is accused of dismembering his mother. In the photograph, McLean is mugging for the camera and holding the head of...

Wash Post's New Readers Rep? 'Customer Relations Person'? NPR Ombudsman Asks

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Wash Post's New Readers Rep? 'Customer Relations Person'? NPR Ombudsman Asks

March 02, 2013 10:50 AM EST

As iMediaEthics wrote yesterday, the Washington Post announced the newspaper was replacing its ombudsman position with a readers representative. Notably, instead of being independent, the readers representative will be a...

Anonymous sources cited for Clive Davis 'fact checking' of Kelly Clarkson? Really?

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Anonymous sources cited for Clive Davis 'fact checking' of Kelly Clarkson? Really?

March 02, 2013 06:00 AM EST

ESPN's Grantland questioned Sony Music's Clive Davis' claim of fact checking in his recently published memoir. Davis' book, The Soundtrack of My Life, described what he said happened in the production...

Why Transcripts Might Not Match NPR Programs, Ombudsman Explains

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Why Transcripts Might Not Match NPR Programs, Ombudsman Explains

March 02, 2013 05:00 AM EST

Ever wonder why a National Public Radio transcript might not match what you heard on a program? NPR ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos reported in a recent blogpost that NPR's versions of news programs like Weekend...

Ombudsman-Lite? WashPost to Replace Ombudsman with Readers Rep

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Ombudsman-Lite? WashPost to Replace Ombudsman with Readers Rep

March 01, 2013 04:50 PM EST

The Washington Post announced today that it won't replace Patrick Pexton, whose two-year term as ombudsman ended yesterday, with another ombudsman. Instead, the newspaper plans to "appoint a reader representative...

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'

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...

NBC: We 'Fairly and accurately reported' on George Zimmerman's 911 Trayvon Martin Call

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NBC: We 'Fairly and accurately reported' on George Zimmerman's 911 Trayvon Martin Call

March 01, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Bradley Manning Takes 'Full Responsibiity,' Pleads Guilty to 10 Criminal Counts

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Bradley Manning Takes 'Full Responsibiity,' Pleads Guilty to 10 Criminal Counts

February 28, 2013 06:00 PM EST

NC Newspaper: Asking for Gun Permit records was 'Tremendous Error in Judgment'

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NC Newspaper: Asking for Gun Permit records was 'Tremendous Error in Judgment'

February 28, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Cherokee Scout editor Robert Horne resigned this week just days after apologizing for trying to obtain the gun records of local residents, Jim Romenesko reported. The request was for "all Cherokee County County...

Wash Post Photographer Submitted 'Manipulated' Photo to Awards, Against WaPo Photo Ethics

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Wash Post Photographer Submitted 'Manipulated' Photo to Awards, Against WaPo Photo Ethics

February 27, 2013 06:00 AM EST

A Washington Post photographer submitted a photo that had been Photoshopped to hide a person in the background of the image to the White House News Photographers Association's annual awards. The un-altered photograph...

Fake Tweets Posted on AFP Twitter Account after Hack, Syrian Electronic Army Says It Did it

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Fake Tweets Posted on AFP Twitter Account after Hack, Syrian Electronic Army Says It Did it

February 26, 2013 10:15 PM EST

French news agency Agence France-Presse said its photo Twitter account @AFPphoto was hacked Feb. 26 by a Syrian group. In a press release published by Editor & Publisher, the AFP announced the hack and warned its...

First Lady Michelle Obama's Oscar Dress Doctored by Iranian News Agency

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First Lady Michelle Obama's Oscar Dress Doctored by Iranian News Agency

February 26, 2013 12:00 PM EST

Iran's Fars News Agency Photoshopped an image of Michelle Obama to cover up her bare shoulders. The New York Times describes Fars as "close to Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard...

NYT David Brooks on his Sequestration Column: 'I probably went a bit too far'

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NYT David Brooks on his Sequestration Column: 'I probably went a bit too far'

February 26, 2013 06:00 AM EST

After being called out by the Washington Post's Ezra Klein, New York Times' conservative columnist David Brooks added a "postscript" to his column on the sequester to admit that one of his points wasn't...

Sorry for Oscars C-Word Tweet about Quvenzhane Wallis, The Onion's CEO Says

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Sorry for Oscars C-Word Tweet about Quvenzhane Wallis, The Onion's CEO Says

February 25, 2013 01:20 PM EST

Satire site The Onion apologized today for its "senseless, humorless comment" about Quvenzhane Wallis, who was a nominee for last night's Best Actress award at the Oscars. As Gossip Cop reported, last...

'Ask iMediaEthics' Column Launched: High Beam takes down article after iMediaEthics inquiry, Reader's complaint resolved

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'Ask iMediaEthics' Column Launched: High Beam takes down article after iMediaEthics inquiry, Reader's complaint resolved

February 25, 2013 06:00 AM EST

This is the first in a new series from iMediaEthics called Ask iMediaEthics. iMediaEthics will feature interesting case studies in response to our readers' requests for help or advice related to media ethics or...

Fake Interview with Argentine Foreign Minister Published by Falkland Islands' Only Newspaper

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Fake Interview with Argentine Foreign Minister Published by Falkland Islands' Only Newspaper

February 24, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Falkland Islands newspaper the Penguin News made up an interview with Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman, the Knight Center for Journalism in Americas reported. The made-up interview was published in the...

Why WashPost Didn't Use Pic of Teen Athletes in 'Native American Warrior Garb'

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Why WashPost Didn't Use Pic of Teen Athletes in 'Native American Warrior Garb'

February 23, 2013 06:00 AM EST

The Washington Post's outgoing ombudsman Patrick Pexton addressed two different cases of how the newspaper has sensitively handled reporting on Native Americans in a Feb. 8 post. In one case, the Post cut a...

IDing Sex Assault Victim 'Alarming' says PCC, Daily Mirror Fined

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IDing Sex Assault Victim 'Alarming' says PCC, Daily Mirror Fined

February 22, 2013 04:00 AM EST

Scottish Rape Victim Photo ID Posted in Thai Newspaper, Deleted after Criticism

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Scottish Rape Victim Photo ID Posted in Thai Newspaper, Deleted after Criticism