by Sydney Smith on Nov 14, 2012
Denver ABC News Apologizes for Fake Photo of Paula Broadwell’s David Petraus Biography
Denver ABC-affiliate KMGH, also known as 7News or the Denver Channel, apologized yesterday for its "viral" error in using a...
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by Sydney Smith on Nov 13, 2012
South African President Drops Libel Lawsuit over Cartoon
South African president Jacob Zuma ended his 2008 defamation lawsuit for a Sunday Times cartoon, "The Rape of Lady Justice,"...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 13, 2012
BBC’s George Entwistle Resigns after Apology for ‘Fundamentally wrong’ Story
Editor's Note: This story was originally published Nov. 11. The story was lost in a server change but was re-uploaded...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 10, 2012
Hartford Courant Reporter Resigns, Newspaper Apologizes after ‘Similarities’ to Other Outlets’ Work
Hartfort Courant reporter Hillary Federico resigned earlier this month after the newspaper found her articles had "strong similarities" to other...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 09, 2012
Mail on Sunday Didn’t Disclose Photo was Illustration, Unpublishes after PCC Complaint
The UK Mail on Sunday unpublished a photo and added a disclosure that a photo was an "illustration" after a...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 08, 2012
Kenyan Journalists Trained on Ethics, Reporting on Elections
Kenyan journalists were trained on "media ethics, election reporting and audience-led reporting" last month, according to a UNESCO report. UNESCO,...
by David W. Moore on Nov 08, 2012
Why the Poll Doubters Could Have Been Right – Look at Gallup
In the final days before the election, some major conservative pundits – such as Michael Barone in the Washington Examiner,...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 07, 2012
Greek Editor Arrested, Acquitted for Publishing List of Bank Accounts
Greek magazine editor Kostas Vaxevanis was arrested and later acquitted over accusations that his magazine Hot Doc broke "Greece's data...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 07, 2012
ABC News Calls for $1 Billion ‘Pink Slime’ Libel Lawsuit to be Dismissed
ABC News is defending its "pink slime" comments as "imaginative expression" and "rhetorical hyperbole," Courthouse News Service reported. As iMediaEthics...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 06, 2012
More Sandy Errors: NYPost Unpublishes Anonymously-Sourced Sandy Story, NYT Corrects Live Blog on New Jersey Rules for Getting Gas
The story was sourced to unnamed "City Hall sources" and the story's link now leads to a "Page Not Found!" notice. ...