by Sydney Smith on Dec 18, 2010
CNN Hoaxed by Fake Tweet that Morgan Freeman Died
Morgan Freeman died? CNN and Morgan Freeman were both recently the victims of Twitter hoaxes. A fake message claiming that Morgan...
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by Sydney Smith on Dec 18, 2010
Sienna Miller Sues After News of the World Phone Hacking Claims
In the latest twist of a phone-hacking scandal, actress Sienna Miller has accused News of the World of violating her...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 18, 2010
‘Using Tweets to Interview’ : Are 140 Character Twinterviews the Future of Journalism?
Media Bistro's Fishbowl DC wondered if "Twinterviews" is the "new journalism" ? Twinterviews says it is a combination of Twitter +...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 18, 2010
New York Times Editor Bill Keller: “I don’t regard Julian Assange as a kindred spirit.”
The New York Times' executive editor Bill Keller criticized Julian Assange again, this time in a Nieman Journalism Lab talk...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 18, 2010
TIME Person of the Year: TIME Readers Pick Julian Assange, TIME Vetoes and Picks Mark Zuckerberg
Even though readers selected Julian Assange as TIME magazine's Person of the Year, Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg, "who finished 10th...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 17, 2010
Is Chicago Trib’s MugShots Publishing More Ethical than St. Petersburg Times?
The ethics of news organizations publishing mugshots is an issue that iMediaEthics has written about a few times before (see here...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 16, 2010
Ghana Journalists trained to not identify sex crime victims
Ghana News Agency reported Dec. 14 that a government minister called on the media to "be more abreast with domestic...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 16, 2010
500 Reader Complaints Over Richard Littlejohn’s Daily Mail Jody McIntyre Column
A Daily Mail column has provoked serious reader disapproval, The Guardian reported. As of Dec. 14, more than 500 complaints were reportedly...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer , Sydney Smith on Dec 15, 2010
HuffPost Removes Fake Aisha Story After iMediaEthics Fact Check
Abdulhadi Hairan's Aug. 29, 2010 Huffington Post blog post titled "Is Time's Aisha Story Fake?" issued a serious charge of fraud and mistaken...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 15, 2010
Do Leaked Fox News E-mails Show Training in Spin & Biased Reporting?
Media Matters, the progressive media watchdog website, published leaked e-mails from Fox News that suggest an editorial decision to "slant"...