Getty Scrubs Caption Error, College Journalist NOT Occupy Wall Street Protestor, But No Correction
When the media covers Occupy Wall Street activities, not everyone pictured is a protester - a fact that sometimes seems lost…
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CNN Misquotes Billionaire Saying Mitt Romney ‘Level-Headed Buy’
CNN's typo in a quote about Mitt Romney significantly changed the meaning of the comment, made by billionaire John Catsimatidis. …
UK Training Group Calls for ‘Compulsory’ Ethics Training for Journalists
The National Council for the Training of Journalists held a Journalism Skills conference in late November. At that conference, the…
Creating Public Opinion About Susan Rice
A recent poll from National Journal, a Washington D.C. "news magazine," finds that a majority of the public would support…
What’s worse? NY Post Subway Death Photos or 2 Historic Media Scandals?
While the Post’s photograph, taken by Umar Abbasi, and its sensational headline (“DOOMED”), were jarring and repulsive for many, it’s…
Vermont Newspaper Hires Sex Offender for Police, Court Beat? Transparency, Conflict of Interest Questions Raised
A Vermont weekly newspaper questioned a fellow local newspaper's transparency and accountability after finding out that it hired a convicted…
Tweets ask Did a man die because a NY Post photographer failed to help?
Yesterday, December 3, 2012, a tragedy unfolded in the underground subway station near Times Square, New York. Ki-Suck Han of…
Clues that Abbasi lied about New York Post subway photo?
News media has been awash with debate over the front-page photograph by Umar Abbasi in today's New York Post. There are…
2 Maine Broadcast Journalists Resign, Point to Journalism Ethics
Television journalists are paid to broadcast the news. Seldom do they actually make the news. But that's exactly what happened…
Tumblr Attacked, GNAA Says ‘One thing lacking from modern journalism….integrity’
USA Today, Reuters, Entertainment Weekly and thousands of other Tumblr blogs were attacked by a worm set up by the…