Fox News Gets Serious About “Fair and Balanced”
After a video surfaced (first at Media Matters, then at Daily Kos and Huffington Post) of Fox News Channel producer…
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NYTPicker reveals New York Times columnist David Pogue’s secret: “I am not reporter”
David Pogue, who is described on the New York Times website as "the personal-technology columnist," is claiming he's not a…
Newsweek Takes Liberty with Photo-cropping David Hume Kennerly’s Dick Cheney picture
On September 17, 2009, the New York Times photography, video, and visual journalism blog, Lens, published an essay by the…
Hartford Courant Keeps Celeb Blogger, Daughter of Geno Auriemma:
The Hartford Courant will publish celeb blogger Alysa Auriemma's monthly posts, but in an about-face clarified her role and won’t…
Poynter’s Roy Peter Clark agrees with Obama Kanye West Jackass Comment: “Mr. West is jackass ”
In an email response to imediaethics’s query about ABC’s off-the-record breach, the Poynter Institute’s vice president and senior scholar in…
Why no Credit? NY Post Reporter to Blogger: “Post policy prevented me from crediting you”
What happens when a reporter working for a traditional news media publication finds a story on a blog? Does he…
Jared Diamond in the Rough
The “New Media Nation” in action: the next generation of Indigenous broadcasters. High school students with staff members of the…
CNN’s Sanjay Gupta defends Lance Armstrong against doping charges
I was alerted to an ethical question weeks ago by a tweet from an old medical journalism professor and from…
iGoogle Gadget Grifter’s hijacking of media brands was vast
Parisian-based developer David Pascual's iGoogle gadget scheme for pirating mainstream newspapers' Web traffic was more extensive than the few he…
Is Hartford Courant catering to UConn coach Geno Auriemma by paying blogger daughter?
Coming off the heels of a plagiarism admission, The Hartford Courant finds itself facing more harsh criticism over its decision…