by Sydney Smith on Sep 05, 2011
Does Al Sharpton Know Endorsement Guidelines for MSNBC?
Al Sharpton, who was recently hired as an MSNBC host, reportedly told the Wall Street Journal he thought he could...
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by Sydney Smith on Sep 05, 2011
Thailand’s lèse-majesté Law Prohibits Criticism of Royal Family, Did Anonymous Comments Break Law?
In a Sept. 1 post, PBS Media Shift highlighted Thailand's lèse-majesté laws, which make it a criminal charge to "defame"...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 05, 2011
More Censorship, Propaganda at Two Chinese Newspapers?
The Guardian reported that Beijing's propaganda bureau will now be in charge of newspapers the Beijing Times and the Beijing...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 05, 2011
Guardian’s James Ball on Why he Left WikiLeaks
James Ball, who worked for WikiLeaks for a brief time last year, explained why he "had to leave WikiLeaks" in...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 04, 2011
Fox Sports Apologizes for Univ. of Southern California Interview Video
Fox Sports has apologized and unpublished a segment purporting to "welcome" the Univ. of Southern California football team to a football...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 03, 2011
Le Monde: French Govt. Searched Reporter’s Phone Records to Find out Anonymous Source’s identity
French newspaper Le Monde has alleged that French president Nicolas Sarkozy's secret services "spied on one of its journalists to...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 02, 2011
WikiLeaks Accuses Guardian of Breaking Agreement, Providing Password to Now Leaked CableGate Docs, Guardian Denies
WikiLeaks began publishing from its cache of 250,000 + leaked U.S. diplomatic cables last November. Initially, the leak-publishing website linked...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 02, 2011
WikiLeaks Publishes all Diplomatic Cables, Unredacted
In light of the leak of a full unredacted copy of the diplomatic cables that make up what WIkiLeaks calls...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 01, 2011
Chicago CBS-Affiliate Denies Racism Charges, Apologizes again for Out-of-Context Quote
As iMediaEthics previously wrote, the Chicago CBS-affiliate WBBM apologized after taking a four-year-old boy's comments on guns out of context. In...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 01, 2011
Protesters accuse Thailand Reporter Somjit Nawakruasunthorn of Breaking Ethics Standards
Ten "red-shirt supporters" protested a Thailand reporter Somjit Nawakruasunthorn who interviewed the prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, the Bangkok Post reported....