NY’s Journal News IDs Gun Permit Owners, Defends Invasion of Privacy as ‘Important’
Igniting much controversy, the White Plains Journal News, a daily newspaper in White Plains, N.Y., published a list and map detailing…
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Hoaxes, Fake Quotes & Fake Stories: Best of 2012
10) CNBC hoaxed by email interview about NBA Escorts Seven months after his story claiming escort services were financially suffering…
Banning Semi-Automatic Weapons – Why Do Three Polls Report Conflicting Responses?
Three recent polls show how convoluted the debate can become over what the public thinks about banning semi-automatic weapons. All…
iMediaEthics’ Most Popular Stories of 2012
Check out iMediaEthics' most popular stories published this year. Ranking was determined based on unique visits as measured by Google…
NYPost Hoaxed by Fake Ryan Lanza Facebook, Huffington Post Unpublishes
The New York Post was tricked by a fake Facebook page for Ryan Lanza, the brother of the Adam Lanza, the…
2012: 10 Worst Plagiarism and Attribution Cases
10) Fox News Lifts Atlantic Wire Dolphin Story Fox News rewrote without credit an Atlantic Wire article on dolphins earlier…
10 Best Corrections and Errors of 2012
10) New York Times corrects the number of people on Xanax A January correction from the New York Times…
‘Humorous’? UK Sun Ombudsman defends ‘Greedy Bulgars’ headline about Bulgarian family
The UK Sun's ombudsman told iMediaEthics that the headline "Greedy Bulgars" -- referring to a Bulgarian family -- was only…
Mediaite Headline had Wrong Name for Accused Oregon Mall Shooter
The headline for a Mediaite story about a shooting-suicide in a Portland, Oregon shopping mall last week contained a glaring error --…
Columbia Journalism Review Reporter Bruce Porter Lying, Exploiting a Source? What’s happening at CJR?
Marcy, his source, accused Bruce Porter of lying in Newsweek in 1967. He admits lying to a Michigan journalist about…