by Sydney Smith on Dec 21, 2010
iMediaEthics’ 2010 Ten Top News, Opinion Columns
The most read iMediaEthics' news stories of 2010... 1. iMediaEthics' annual top ten "Dubious Polling" awards attracted the most readers this year. ...
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by Sydney Smith on Dec 20, 2010
WaPo Bloggers Not Following Anonymous Sources Guidelines
The Washington Post's public editor, Andrew Alexander, criticized Post bloggers for disregarding the Post's standards on anonymous sources. "Staff-written news...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 20, 2010
iMediaEthics’ 2010 Ten Most Read Stories
1. iMediaEthics' exclusive Feb. 18 story by Molika Ashford exposed an undisclosed conflict of interest in Jared Diamond's book review published...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 19, 2010
WSJ Corrects Trend Story: Fewer 4BR+ Manhattan Apartments, NOT More
Sandy Mattingly blogged Dec. 14, criticizing the Wall Street Journal for its recent trend story about "large Manhattan families snubbing...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 18, 2010
‘Using Tweets to Interview’ : Are 140 Character Twinterviews the Future of Journalism?
Media Bistro's Fishbowl DC wondered if "Twinterviews" is the "new journalism" ? Twinterviews says it is a combination of Twitter +...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 18, 2010
TIME Person of the Year: TIME Readers Pick Julian Assange, TIME Vetoes and Picks Mark Zuckerberg
Even though readers selected Julian Assange as TIME magazine's Person of the Year, Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg, "who finished 10th...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 17, 2010
UK Press Complaints Commission to Approve Where Corrections are Placed
Effective Jan. 1, UK newspapers must pre-determine with the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) "the prominence of corrections stemming from a complaint,"...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 17, 2010
Is Chicago Trib’s MugShots Publishing More Ethical than St. Petersburg Times?
The ethics of news organizations publishing mugshots is an issue that iMediaEthics has written about a few times before (see here...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 16, 2010
500 Reader Complaints Over Richard Littlejohn’s Daily Mail Jody McIntyre Column
A Daily Mail column has provoked serious reader disapproval, The Guardian reported. As of Dec. 14, more than 500 complaints were reportedly...