Speed Vs. Accuracy: Recent Chamber of Commerce Hoax Reopens The Debate
The prank-press conference held last week by farcical activists the Yes Men has reopened the “speed versus accuracy” debate, an…
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The Scalia Misquote: Corrections, And How Bloggers and MSM Differ When It Comes To Trust
On October 27, a story posted at the Huffington Post announced the news “Scalia on Brown v. Board of Education:…
NY Daily News Uses Stock Photo to Represent Psychotic, Obese Children Everywhere
First the New York Daily News used a photograph of trash at the Bronx’s Hunts Point Market to illustrate a…
Is October National Hoax Month?
Apparently, October is National Hoax Month -- or so it would seem, given the proliferation of fraudulent stories that appeared…
Old vs. New: The Poynter Kent State Ethics Workshop Looks at Emerging Media
Last month, at the fifth annual Poynter Kent State Media Ethics Workshop, Poynter Institute colleagues discussed the role of traditional…
Balloon Boy, The Yes Men, Now A Latvian Meteorite Joins The List of Recent Hoaxes
In recent weeks, the media has reported on a number of hoaxes. First, Balloon Boy; then, a fake Chamber of Commerce…
Disgraced Times Reporter Jayson Blair to Lecture at University Ethics Institute
Usually young journalists learn their ethical lessons from the paragons of good behavior--role models whose writing and conduct embody the…
After Guardian-Trafigura Controversy, British Parliament Debates Laws Gagging Journalists
Two weeks ago a previously silent battle between UK newspaper The Guardian and commodity shipping company Trafigura Beheer BV exploded…
British Documentary Starsuckers Takes Aim at News Media
Starting this weekend, audiences in the UK will come face to face with their own obsession: celebrity. In the new…
Stephen J. A. Ward Goes Meta with Social Media Guidelines
Last week, we wrote about National Public Radio's recent release of social media guidelines, close on the heels of the…