NBC News Criticized for Not Reporting on General Electric’s 2010 Tax Filings
Last week, mainstream news outlets like ABC News and Fox News reported on the New York Times' article about General Electric Co.…
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Anniston Star Editor Defends Publishing Video of Minor in Jail
An Alabama newspaper editor explained the newspaper's decision to publish an anonymously-submitted video of a sheriff "physically confronting" a minor in…
Paid News? Hospital TV Sponsorship Blurs Advertising & Editorial Content
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch highlighted blurred lines between advertising and news with a new TV sponsorship agreement in St. Louis between…
Old Word Wolf Blogger Explains How She Spotted Plagiarism
iMediaEthics wrote last week about Joe Valley, who plagiarized from the American Diabetes Association's website in his story for the Charlotte…
Apologies After Vernon Ethics Advisor Featured in Advertorial, not News Story
iMediaEthics wrote this weekend about former California attorney general John Van de Kamp, who is currently serving as the ethics advisor…
Rebekah Brooks Paid Police?
A UK news executive was asked by the UK parliament to explain her 2003 comments that the Sun newspaper has paid…
Journalist Richard Peppiatt Admits Posing as College Student
In a panel on ethics at Goldsmiths, Richard Peppiatt, the reporter who revealed fabricating stories in his resignation letter from the…
Student Press Law Center: Why Students Shouldn’t Publish Fake Stories
The Washington Post interviewed Student Press Law Center's Frank LoMonte about prank issues in college newspapers. Last week, newspapers like…
Twitter Not Good for Sports Journalism?
Missouri's Columbia Tribune reported on problems with using Twitter to report on breaking sports news and other sports journalism in a…
Is a Denver Post “Dog Bite” Death Story Headline Wrong?
The Denver Post's headline on an Associated Press story about the death of Larry Armstrong stated the headline "Autopsy: Dog bites…