by Molika Ashford on Sep 30, 2009
Gotcha! Journalists weigh in on the ethics of activist reporting
While there is little question that the actions of the community organizing group ACORN--revealed in a series of covert videos...
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by Molika Ashford on Sep 29, 2009
NY Times confuses 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll with real science
Scientific polls can be valuable. They can give a great overview, track trends, gauge opinions and reveal national tenor. But...
by Katie Rolnick on Sep 28, 2009
Poaching from Blogs: NYPost Re-reported, Gave No Credit to Blogger
Last week, we wrote about the New York Post poaching a story from a blog called NewYorkShitty.com and not crediting...
by Molika Ashford on Sep 27, 2009
A Thorny Libel Case: NYtimes Blogger takes a stab at the ongoing suit against Simon Singh
NYTimes blogger and evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson opened up a discussion on her blog The Wild Side last Tuesday. Her...
by Molika Ashford on Sep 26, 2009
Bad Astronomy Calls Out Australia’s ABC On Vaccine Reporting
Bad Astronomy, a Discover Magazine blog by astronomer Phil Plait that covers bad science and bad science journalism, unveiled a...
by Katie Rolnick on Sep 25, 2009
Fox News Gets Serious About “Fair and Balanced”
After a video surfaced (first at Media Matters, then at Daily Kos and Huffington Post) of Fox News Channel producer...
by Katie Rolnick on Sep 24, 2009
NYTPicker reveals New York Times columnist David Pogue’s secret: “I am not a reporter”
David Pogue, who is described on the New York Times website as "the personal-technology columnist," is claiming he's not a...
by Katie Rolnick on Sep 23, 2009
Newsweek Takes Liberty with Photo-cropping David Hume Kennerly’s Dick Cheney picture
On September 17, 2009, the New York Times photography, video, and visual journalism blog, Lens, published an essay by the...
by Katie Rolnick on Sep 22, 2009
Hartford Courant Keeps Celeb Blogger, Daughter of Geno Auriemma:
The Hartford Courant will publish celeb blogger Alysa Auriemma's monthly posts, but in an about-face clarified her role and won’t...
by Ji Hyun Lee on Sep 18, 2009
Poynter’s Roy Peter Clark agrees with Obama Kanye West Jackass Comment: “Mr. West is a jackass ”
In an email response to imediaethics’s query about ABC’s off-the-record breach, the Poynter Institute’s vice president and senior scholar in...