by Sydney Smith on May 29, 2013
Publishing Fake Photo a ‘Painful Episode,’ Phillipines Newspaper Tells iMediaEthics
Philippines newspaper The Daily Inquirer was hoaxed by a fake photo of a Time magazine cover last month as iMediaEthics...
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by Sydney Smith on May 28, 2013
Gawker is Trying to Track Down Owners of Alleged Rob Ford Crack Video
Almost a full day after Gawker's Indiegogo fundraising campaign to buy a video that allegedly shows Toronto mayor Rob Ford...
by Sydney Smith on May 27, 2013
UK Libel Ruling on Lord McAlpine Tweet a ‘Warning to all social media users’
UK judge Justice Michael Tugendhat ruled that Sally Bercow -- the wife of UK Speaker of the House of Commons,...
by Sydney Smith on May 26, 2013
Video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Smoking Crack (Allegedly) Rocks Media Ethics Issues
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was allegedly caught on camera smoking crack cocaine. And the person who shot the video showing...
by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2013
After Snooping AP, Obama Admin Backs Media-Friendly Bill on Anonymous Sources, Subpoenas
Days after the secret subpoenas for phone records of the Associated Press came to light, the Obama administration announced it wants...
by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2013
Financial Times’ Twitter the Latest to be Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
Hackers posted phony messages on the Financial Times' Twitter accounts and Tech Blog, Editors Weblog reported. The Syrian Electronic Army...
by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2013
Twitter Announces 2-Step Verification after Hacks to AP, CBS News, BBC, The Guardian, AFP
Twitter now has a two-step verification process as a way to "better protect your Twitter account," the company announced in...
by Sydney Smith on May 24, 2013
Al Jazeera Unpublishes ‘Last of the Semites’ Op-Ed, Admits It ‘should have handled this better’
Al Jazeera unpublished an op-ed column by Joseph Massad titled "Last of the Semites" after deciding the content was questionable...
by Sydney Smith on May 23, 2013
Association of Food Journalists Revise Ethics Guidelines to ‘Advance Ethical Standards’
The Association of Food Journalists released a revised set of "Food Critics' Guidelines" to advise food critics on fact checking,...
by Sydney Smith on May 22, 2013
NYT Public Editor Calls for One Standard in Using Photoshop, Disclosures
A discussion on Photoshopping images in the news was recently brought up after a New York Times editor told public...