by Sydney Smith on May 20, 2010
Does Howard Kurtz Continue To Not Disclose Conflicts of Interest?
Media Matters and Media Bistro continue to be concerned with Howard Kurtz's dual employment --at both The Washington Post and...
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by Sydney Smith on May 18, 2010
Times Online, Independent report anonymous speculation on Libyan crash
The Times Online’s initial May 13 report on the May 12 Libyan plane crash contained both a factual error and an...
by Sydney Smith on May 16, 2010
NJ Supreme Court Rules media can’t be sued for accurately reporting pretrial documents
In a split decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that media outlets cannot be sued for reporting from pretrial...
by Sydney Smith on May 15, 2010
Should Journalists Protect Each Other’s Anonymous Sources?
Journalists are obliged by ethical codes of practice to honor their commitments to anonymous sources. But does this ethical obligation ...
by Sydney Smith on May 14, 2010
NH Supreme Court Protects Anonymous Commenter & Watchdog Website
The New Hampshire Supreme Court set a state standard for how to handle anonymous commenters and defined a mortgage industry...
by Sydney Smith on May 12, 2010
Is Fact Checking of Sunday Morning Shows Working?
iMediaEthics recently reported that as a result of New York University professor Jay Rosen's suggestion, ABC would have PolitiFact fact check...
by Sydney Smith on May 11, 2010
New Ethics for the Non-Profit Newsroom?
iMediaEthics is a non-profit news site. On April 26, three journalism centers published a roundtable report, “Ethics for the New Investigative Newsroom"...
by Sydney Smith on May 09, 2010
As hyperlocal news sites pop up, so do journalism concerns
Hyperlocal news sites have been popping up a lot lately, especially with Patch.com's expansion, as a possible alternative to newspapers' sagging...
by Sydney Smith on May 06, 2010
New York Times Public Editor Tired of Anonymous Sources
Editor & Publisher wrote – in an unsigned editorial May 19, 2003 – that the New York Times is addicted to...