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Journalist Wonders “Where’s the Fair Foreign Media?”

Reem Antoon wrote for Bahraini news site Gulf Daily News criticizing foreign media for reporting on assumptions.  Antoon claimed that…

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Julian Assange To Trademark Name?

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange applied for a trademark to his name on Feb. 14, according to the Guardian. His trademark request…

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Do Egyptians Want Freedom of Religion? Understanding the Different Findings from Pew & Gallup

Screenshot from Fox News report on conflicting views in Egypt (Credit: FOX News) One of the key questions in assessing…

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Were Scottish MPs Comments Off the Record? Journalist, Newspaper Debate

A Scottish Parliament member resigned after the newspaper the Sunday Herald published his controversial comments about recent rapes.  In the aftermath…

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UK Site Churnalism Matches News Articles with Press Releases

Churnalism.com, a new non-profit website established by the Media Standards Trust, seeks to identify when stories published in the news…

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Newspapers Guild Petitions for HuffPost to Pay Its Bloggers

The Newspaper Guild has started a movement to send letters calling on the HuffPost to pay its bloggers. The Newspaper…

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"Detecting Bull" : John McManus’s Book About Finding Media Bias

John McManus, pictured above. (Credit: Chronicle/Scott Sommerdorf via Namle.net) The 2009 book Detecting Bull by journalist and author John McManus…

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Buffalo Beast Editor Criticized by SPJ after Hoaxing Scott Walker with Prank Call

As has been widely reported, Buffalo Beast editor Ian Murphy posed as Koch Industries' executive vice president David Koch in…

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UCSD Student Satire Publication May be Sued over Doctored Photo

University of California San Diego student humor publication The Koala labeled a "female student government representative a 'fat wh-re' in…

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Libel Suit against Ukrainian Newspaper Tossed out, but Newspaper Still Blocking UK Traffic

As iMediaEthics previously reported, Ukrainian newspaper Kyiv Post blocked its traffic from the United Kingdom in December after been sued for…

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