Are the Yes Men Behind Environment Canada Hoax?
Environmental hoax-ery is clearly at a high point this year. First, the Yes Men impersonated the United States Chamber of…
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When is Gruesome too Gruesome? Cop Shooting Photo too Graphic?
Photo editors are schooled in choosing proper images during tragic situations. The decisions are never made lightly; newsworthiness, effect and…
Newsweek Didn’t Disclose Reporter Yuval Levin’s Former Job with George W. Bush
Newsweek is defending its decision to not inform readers that one of its reporters, Yuval Levin, was a bioethics adviser…
Online Editing: to Update? to Edit? to Unpublish? to do Nothing?
Toronto Star public editor Kathy English researched the practice of editing online news and unpublishing in a 21-page report, "The…
Calling Out The Washington Post for Tiger Woods Coverage
We do not wish to continue beating the Tiger Woods drum. The tabloids and even some mainstream media have done…
Real Housewives White House Crashers: NBC Doesn’t Disclose Network Relationship with Bravo
The recent controversy over White House crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi has raised many ethical questions about the actions of…
Professor Sues Wesleyan After His Photo Was Mistaken for Campus Murder Suspect Stephen P. Morgan
Usually media errors claim few dramatic victims: a misspelling here, a fake photo there, but no real harm to private…
Jim Lehrer Explains Ethical Guidelines of PBS NewsHour Reporting
If there were any worries that a new redesigned, more Web-connected PBS NewsHour (no longer “With Jim Lehrer") might lose…
New York Times Breaking Own Precedent, Won’t Publish Hacked Climate Change E-mails
Has the New York Times changed its ethical standards? The paper recently refused to publish a slew of controversially obtained…
Journalists Ask FDA for Open Flow of Information
If you want better treatment, you have to ask for it. That seems to be the driving sentiment behind a…