Fake Anti-War protest photo of Fonda and Kerry represents classic propaganda fauxtography
It was June 1971, when Ken Light snapped the young John Kerry at an anti-war rally in New York state.…
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Hello from Papua New Guinea…By the way, we read The New Yorker
"Students from the Southern Highlands dressed in their traditional dress during the Divine Word Univesity's (DWU) cultural day show," writes…
The UK Times’ deceptive editorializing through photo selection: Barack Obama photo a bad choice
In early May, the UK Times Online published a tough story about Obama's softening resolve on campaign promises. The opening…
Is the Newseum Guidebook cover advertising or faked news image?
Chris Dunn, in her blog, Words and Light: An exploration of (photo) journalism, first refers to the Newseum Guidebook cover…
DOWD SCANDAL ROUNDUP: Is Dowd’s plagiarism part of a larger problem at NY Times?
Pulitzer-winning columnist Maureen Dowd spent this week under fire amid criticism for plagiarizing content from a political blog, but do…
Jared Diamond’s Tall Tale Gives Journalism a Bad Name
The New Yorker gets savaged as Eustace Tilly weeps [Creative Commons: free for non-commercial use] The Pig in a…
Jared Diamond & the New Yorker: Alan Bisbort’s Take
This is #2 in a series of imediaethics.org blog posts that respond to Jared Diamond’s and New Yorker’s exclusive statements…
AU Sunday Telegraph pays politician for mistakenly publishing fake nude photos…that hurt her election bid
WAToday.com.au announced that the Australian Sunday Telegraph paid a "undisclosed settlement" and published a page two apology for libeling politician…
Keeping the Peace in Micronesia:
Micronesia's clan chiefs weave peaceful relations among the region's communities in much the same way that they weave food baskets…