by Sydney Smith on Oct 23, 2013
Scientific American Trouble: How it Handled the ‘Urban Whore’ blogpost
Scientific American has commented again about this month's controversy when it unpublished -- and then re-published -- a blog post...
Sci/Tech/Health Journalism Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on Oct 29, 2013
2 Fake Quotes in Suzanne Somers’ Health Care Article, WSJ Corrects
Actress Suzanne Somers wrote an article about health care for the Wall Street Journal. But, the article, "The Affordable Care...
by David W. Moore on Oct 31, 2013
Misreading the Polls on the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare
A quick glance at the latest poll results on “Public Approval of Health Care Law,” collected and averaged by Real...
by David W. Moore on Nov 12, 2013
[UPDATED: Pew Responds] How The News Hour Got Duped by Sloppy Pew Poll on Trans Fats
On PBS's News Hour last Thursday, Judy Woodruff interviewed Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control, about...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Nov 27, 2013
Holy Areola! Should the NY Times use pasties next time for its front page breast photo?
Sensationalism at the New York Times? Why else would the Times photography editors select a peek-a-boo shot of a woman...
by Andrew E. Smith , David W. Moore on Jan 13, 2014
GfK Web-Based Polls: Why Do AP, Pew, CBS, and Other Media Trust Them? A Recent GfK Poll Raises Doubts
STORY HIGHLIGHTS : In November, iMediaEthics tested Pew's October poll results on trans fat: Pew's phone poll (conducted by PSRAI)...
by Andrew E. Smith , David W. Moore on Jan 13, 2014
GfK responds to iMediaEthics’ Doubt About Its Poll, iMediaEthics Answers GfK response
Below, see GfK's response to iMediaEthics' research, and iMediaEthics' response to GfK. And, check out iMediaEthics' full report on a...
by Andrew E. Smith , David W. Moore on Jan 13, 2014
iMediaEthics Polls on Trans Fats Conducted by GfK: Methodology Statement and Final Topline Results
Methodology Statement and Final Topline Results Methodology Statement by KnowledgePanel (KP) OmniWeb FULL REPORT HERE OMNIWEB using the KnowledgePanel ™...
by Andrew E. Smith , David W. Moore on Jan 13, 2014
iMediaEthics/UNH Survey Center Poll on Tran Fats Conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International
iMediaEthics/UNH Survey Center Poll on Tran Fats Conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International FULL REPORT HERE Methodology Statement and...