MaineWatchdog Reported ‘Hypocrisy’ of State Rep Using Private Jet, Not Ethics Violation?
iMediaEthics wrote Oct. 5 about MaineToday Media fact checking the work of a watchdog site, Maine Watchdog. MaineToday Media accused Maine…
Latest News
NASA Accused of “Conspiracy” after Photoshop?
Even though a planetary scientist and blogger for the Planetary Society disclosed and clearly explained her Photoshopped image of Saturn's moons,…
Guardian Columnist Defends NY Times On Use Of Anonymous Sources
The Guardian's media writer Roy Greenslade wondered Oct. 11 "what's wrong with anonymous sources in the News of the World…
Lou Dobbs Criticizes Mainstream Media for Not Contacting Him for Comment
Former CNN news anchor Lou Dobbs labeled The Nation's Oct. 25 cover story on him "a smear piece" and criticized mainstream media…
Arthur Brisbane on Anonymously Sourced Anecdote in NYT Story
New York Times public editor Arthur Brisbane blogged Oct. 15 criticizing the anonymous sources that drove the unflattering lead anecdote…
Andrew Marr Calls Citizen Journalism the “Spewings and Rantings of Very Drunk People Late At Night”
The Guardian reported that former BBC political editor and current BBC Sunday morning show host Andrew Marr labeled bloggers "inadequate,…
Fox News Has Highest Ratings in Chilean Miners Rescue Race
The Baltimore Sun reported that Fox News had the highest ratings of the networks on Oct. 13, the night that…
Wichita Eagle Reporter Ron Sylvester Posted Factual Error to Defend Undisclosed Conflict of Interest in "Pill Mill" Dr. Schneider Case
Wichita Eagle reporter Ron Sylvester falsely claimed in his blog comments that his wife's law firm, Hite Fanning, represents the…
Mexican Journalist Ines Sainz Won’t Report from Locker Rooms Anymore
The Albany Herald reported Oct 15 that Mexican reporter Ines Sainz said she won't report from locker rooms going forward. Last…
Checkbook Journalism? ABC, NBC License Material in Chilean Miner Exclusives
NBC News and ABC News paid licensing fees for footage used in their "exclusive" reports on the recently rescued Chilean miners,…