Sydney Smith, Author at iMediaEthics

by Sydney Smith on Aug 08, 2013

BuzzFeed Takes Down Graphic Photo of Murdered Woman

BuzzFeed published and later took down a graphic photo of a murdered woman. The photo was posted by her husband,...

by Michael Schwartz on Aug 07, 2013

UK Sun Mocks Barcelona Manager’s Throat Cancer

Fans reacted to The UK Sun's use of two tasteless puns in a photo caption accompanying its report on former...

by Sydney Smith on Aug 06, 2013

Bloomberg Axes Editor for Fabrice Tourre Verdict Error

John Pickering was fired as an editor for Bloomberg News after he got the verdict wrong in a headline for a...

by Sydney Smith on Aug 05, 2013

AFP Bans criticism of ‘other media’ in Social Media Guideline Update

Agence France-Presse released new social media guidelines in mid-July. The guidelines call for the wire service's journalists to maintain "impartiality"...

by Sydney Smith on Aug 03, 2013

Forbes Writer who Wrongly Called Irish President Homosexual Resigns

David Monagan quit Forbes after wrongly reporting that Ireland's president Michael D. Higgins is an "acknowledged homosexual." As iMediaEthics previously...

by Sydney Smith on Aug 02, 2013

Sex Crime Victim: ‘Felt less-than-Human’ After Student Newspaper’s ‘Rap Pun’

Staff of Boston University's "independent student newspaper" the Daily Free Press will have to take "mandatory sensitivity training" after complaints...