by Sydney Smith on May 27, 2016
Joseph Mayton Denies Fabrication despite Guardian Deleting 13 Stories
In a statement published May 26, freelance journalist Joseph Mayton, who is based in California, denies fabricating interviews for articles he...
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by Sydney Smith on May 30, 2016
Katie Couric Under the Gun Documentary under Fire for Misleading Edit
A Katie Couric documentary entitled Under the Gun is drawing considerable fire. In the documentary, for which Couric was executive producer...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 02, 2016
How to Report on Domestic Abuse: New Advice from Australian Press Council
Australia has new standards for how to report on domestic abuse, or family violence. David Weisbrot, the chair of the...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 10, 2016
Gawker Bankruptcy Filing & Ziff Davis Offers to Buy: Fall out from Hulk Hogan Sex Tape Verdict
Gawker Media has declared bankruptcy, Politico's Peter Sterne reported, after a Florida judge denied Gawker's request to put a stay...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 21, 2016
Australia’s Murder-Suicide Story Fair Game, Press Council Reported
"Man drowns himself using murdered wife's head: police." That headline and story from Australia's the Age were OK to publish...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 23, 2016
343 Complaints against Associated Newspapers – Mail’s Publisher – in 2015
The Independent Press Standards Organisation has published annual statements reviewing complaints and issues from the publications it regulates. iMediaEthics is reviewing...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 27, 2016
Top Editors Must OK Transgender Stories at The Sun
News UK's 2015 annual report to the Independent Press Standards Organisation revealed the company, which publishes the Sun, the Times,...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 30, 2016
3 Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity Members Lose Rolling Stone Rape on Campus Lawsuit
George Elias IV, Stephen Hadford and Ross Fowler, three now-graduated University of Virginia Phi Kappa Psi fraternity members, had their their...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 02, 2016
IPSO Ruled against Trinity Mirror Newspapers 5 Times in 2015
As part of iMediaEthics' review of UK publications' 2015 round-up of complaints, we take a look at Trinity Mirror's report to...