by Sydney Smith on Dec 27, 2015
No More Online Commenting at Toronto Star
The Toronto Star is the latest newspaper to eliminate online commenting from its website. Like many other news outlets, the Star found...
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by Sydney Smith on Dec 26, 2015
iMediaEthics 10 Most Read Stories of 2015
Below, see the ten most read stories on iMediaEthics from 2015. 10 . The Post-Courier, a newspaper in Papua New...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 24, 2015
Nigerian Tribune Retracts after Publishing Fake Interview, Fires Reporter
The Nigerian Tribune fessed up to publishing a fake interview and fired the reporter who was duped. The fake interviewee posed...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 22, 2015
Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune Fires Editor after NRA Editorial?
The Sentinel-Tribune fired editor Jan Larson McLaughlin, who had worked for the paper for more than three decades, after she let...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 19, 2015
Daily Telegraph Corrects Suicide Pact, Travellers Movement Story after IPSO Complaint
The Daily Telegraph wrongly said an inquest into the deaths of a married couple found the pair died as part...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 17, 2015
NYTimes adds editor’s note to Tashfeen Malik Social Media Story
The New York Times added an editor's note today to its story "U.S. Visa Process Missed San Bernardino Wife's Online Zealotry" on...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 17, 2015
Harper’s Issues its First Retraction, Stephen Glass Faked at least 71% of ‘Prophets and Losses’
Seventeen years later, notorious fabricator Stephen Glass finally has fessed up to what he faked in his story for Harper's Magazine,...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 16, 2015
Why show Syed Farook, Tashfeen Malik Photos? San Diego Union-Tribune Explains its Decision after Reader Complaints
San Diego readers didn't want to see pictures of the two San Bernardino shooters, Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, San...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 15, 2015
Do Refugees Get Better Benefits in Canada than Senior Citizens? Public Editor Fact Check Says No & Explains Viral Error
Refugees don't get better government benefits in Canada than Canadian senior citizens, the Toronto Star's Kathy English reported. The false...