by Sydney Smith on Jun 30, 2014
NPR Reports Hundreds of Children Buried in Irish Septic Tank, Posts Correction
Gore creates clicks; never mind if it's not fact checked. Hundreds of children were not discovered buried in a mass...
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by Sydney Smith on Jun 30, 2014
Dismissed! George Zimmerman libel lawsuit against NBC fizzles
George Zimmerman's libel lawsuit against NBC has been dismissed. Zimmerman sued NBC for libel in 2012 for doctoring his 911...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 29, 2014
Toronto Star Needs Newsroom Diversity
The Toronto Star needs to do more to include diversity in its newspaper, public editor Kathy English wrote earlier this...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 28, 2014
Irish children in septic tank mass graves? AP issues mass correction
The Associated Press issued a large correction to stories earlier this month that claimed Irish children staying in a Catholic...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 28, 2014
Google NOT building a pool in East River, Wash Post Unpublished ‘flawed’ story
The Washington Post unpublished an article that reported Google was building a pool in New York City's East River. The...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 27, 2014
Look-a-Like Brazilian Soccer Coach Gave World Cup Interview, 2 Newspapers correct, apologize
Brazilian journalist Mario Sergio Conti was duped by a look-a-like soccer coach into publishing fake quotes. Conti published an interview...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 26, 2014
Irish Independent plagiarized Irish Times story
The Irish Independent plagiarized an Irish Times' article, iMediaEthics discovered. Almost all of the Independent's report is taken word-for-word from...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 25, 2014
Gawker Reviewing ‘Aggregation’ policies after ‘Similarities’ to Miami New Times article
Gawker suspended writer Jay Hathaway for a week after a reader pointed out "several similarities" in his June 20 article...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 24, 2014
Are Journalists obliged to end stereotypes & hate speech in reporting? [Oslo Media Ethics event]
"What ethical responsibility do journalists have to eliminate hate speech and stereotypical reporting?" EuroPride Oslo 2014 is hosting a journalism...