by Sydney Smith on Aug 04, 2013
No More Anonymous Comments in North Andover Eagle-Tribune
The Eagle-Tribune, a daily newspaper in North Andover, Massachusetts, has decided to stop letting users comment anonymously, effective August 1....
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 03, 2013
Forbes Writer who Wrongly Called Irish President Homosexual Resigns
David Monagan quit Forbes after wrongly reporting that Ireland's president Michael D. Higgins is an "acknowledged homosexual." As iMediaEthics previously...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 02, 2013
Sex Crime Victim: ‘Felt less-than-Human’ After Student Newspaper’s ‘Rap Pun’
Staff of Boston University's "independent student newspaper" the Daily Free Press will have to take "mandatory sensitivity training" after complaints...
by London Shearer Allen on Aug 02, 2013
Rolling Stone May Lose Millions If Advertisers Walk Over Boston Bomber Cover Boycott
The “boycott backfired!" Boycott failed! "Tsarnaev Doubles Sales of Rolling Stone." Sales doubled!?! Sounds exciting, right? Except the paltry earnings...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 02, 2013
MTV Lebanon Airs Video of Suicide, Says No ‘bleeding corpse’ makes it OK
MTV Lebanon aired a video clip of a woman committing suicide, Magda Abu-Fadil, the director of Media Unlimited in Lebanon,...
by London Shearer Allen on Aug 01, 2013
Does Forbes Have a Habit of Stealing Photos? Balls, Queens and Horses Oh My!
UPDATE 3:51 PM: It seems that this is not the first time Forbes.com has been accused of image theft. In...
by David W. Moore on Aug 01, 2013
Pew’s ‘America is Polarized’ Theme – Wrong Again!
It’s not clear why Pew seems so intent on characterizing the American public as “polarized.” That is the message in...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 01, 2013
Turkish Newspaper Sabah Fires Ombudsman Yavuz Baydar after Critical Columns
Turkish daily newspaper Sabah -- largely identified as a pro-government publication-- fired its ombudsman of nine years, Yavuz Baydar, over...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 01, 2013
OK to Criticize Obama, Not OK to Change Headline, Chattanooga Free Press Says about Editor firing
The Chattanooga Times Free Press, a daily newspaper with a circulation of about 75,000, fired opinion editor Drew Johnson for changing...