Connecticut SPJ Issues Statement on Paresh Jha
As we wrote yesterday, Connecticut newspaper New Canaan News apologized after revealing its reporter Paresh Jha fabricated in at least…
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iMediaEthics Poll on Same-Sex Marriage: Methodology Statement & Topline
SurveyUSA interviewed 893 adults nationwide, Monday 06/04/12 through Wednesday 06/06/12. Research conceptualized and commissioned by iMediaEthics.org. Adults reachable on a…
7 in 10 Americans ‘Not Upset’ with Gay Marriage, New iMediaEthics Poll Finds
A new PollCheck poll by iMediaEthics reveals a great deal more public tolerance of gay marriage than what most news…
New Straits Times Apologizes, Retracts
Malaysian newspaper The New Straits Times issued a "retraction and apology" to Karpal Singh over a June 14 article claiming…
Pacific Freedom Forum Calls Samoa Observer Unethical for Topless Photo of Teen
The Pacific Freedom Forum called out the Samoa Observer for publishing online and on the newspaper's front page a topless…
Fact Check Claims of Superlatives, Public Editor Reminds
The Toronto Star's public editor Kathy English highlighted the importance of being careful with superlatives like the "first, only, most,…
Tennessee Newspaper Photoshops Political Candidates
The Murfreesboro Post used Photoshop to edit in a photo of politician U.S. Rep. Diane Black in a photo of…
Connecticut Newspaper Apologizes for Fabrication, Fires Reporter
Connecticut's New Canaan News fired reporter Paresh Jha for making up "quotations and sources" and apologized for the "gross violation…
Fake Ottawa Citizen Retraction, Phony NYT Press Releases Circulate
At least three fake press releases, including one that was a fake retraction of an Ottawa Citizen article about artist…
NYDaily News, WPIX Take Down Fake Drake-Chris Brown Video
We wrote earlier this month about the New York Daily News and WPIX being hoaxed by a fake video claiming…