by Sydney Smith on Mar 28, 2010
ACORN Media Roundup: Criticism of Media Coverage Runs Wild
With the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (aka ACORN) closing this week, bloggers have been buzzing about how...
US Media Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on Mar 27, 2010
SeaWorld : Still “No decision” made on killer whale’s return after trainer’s death
StinkyJournalism received a prompt e-mail response to questions from SeaWorld's communications department regarding the fight over the public release of...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 26, 2010
SPJ Slams ABC’s Checkbook Journalism in Casey Anthony Case
The Society of Professional Journalists publicly slammed ABC News yesterday for not disclosing the $200,000 payment made to the mother of Caylee...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 26, 2010
Judge Continues Temporary Injunction of SeaWorld Death Video
The temporary injunction against the release of footage of SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau's death will continue for now, Orlando NBC...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 22, 2010
Innocent of a crime but convicted on the Web? Should news remove police reports?
Do news organizations need to adopt a new standard for publishing or removing online police reports? A recent Toronto Star...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 21, 2010
SeaWorld joins fight to keep killer whale attack videos from media
CNN reports SeaWorld and the family of Dawn Brancheau have joined forces in a legal action and won an injunction...
by Siobhan Dixon on Mar 20, 2010
White House Calls Out AP for Bad Fact Checking
The Democrats took to the blogosphere to blast the Associated Press for poor fact checking in a recent story that...
by Molika Ashford on Feb 13, 2010
Dodge City Reporter Claire O’Brien Fined $1,000 A Day For Refusing to Testify
As federal shield legislation works its way slowly through the government, conflicts between journalists seeking to protect anonymous sources and...
by Molika Ashford on Feb 05, 2010
Washington Post Responds to Increasing Reader Complaints
Only a month ago, Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander apologized to readers for long lag times in correcting factual errors...