by Sydney Smith on Nov 23, 2011
Daily Star, Heat Apologizes for Fake Report from Facebook Post
The UK Daily Star newspaper and Heat magazine apologized and paid damages to Garry Tweedy after wrongly claiming he "admitted...
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by Sydney Smith on Nov 22, 2011
Hugh Grant Accuses Mail on Sunday of Invading Privacy, Hacking
Actor Hugh Grant accused the UK Mail on Sunday of hacking his phone during the Leveson Inquiry, the Hollywood Reporter...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 22, 2011
ESPN’s Lee Corso Apologizes for Saying Expletive on GameDay Program
Yahoo News criticized ESPN's Lee Corso for using the f-word during an on-air Game Day segment. Corso later apologized, according...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 22, 2011
‘Stigma’ in Reporting on “The Mentally Ill”
The Guardian published an article by Harold A. Maio questioning why the media refers to "'the' mentally ill," which Maio...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 22, 2011
Nigerian Journalist Accused of Libel
Nigerian journalist and National Accord editor Olajide Fashikun has been arrested and accused of libel over his reports about the...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 22, 2011
Hartford Courant Apologizes for Plagiarism and Aggregation in Journal Inquirer Lawsuit case
As iMediaEthics has written, two Connecticut newspapers have been in court for two years over aggregation and plagiarism charges. The Journal...
by Malik Ayub Sumbal on Nov 21, 2011
Did Pakistan’s The Daily Express Break Off-the-Record Agreement?
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN --To violate off-the-record agreements for information and sources is an ethical violation according to the principles and values...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 21, 2011
Toronto Star Explains Naming Elderly Rape Victim in Nursing Home Abuse Reports
Toronto Star public editor Kathy English explained and defended the newspaper's decision to name "a 71-year-old woman with advanced dementia,"...
by Alan Behr on Nov 21, 2011
L’Affaire Romenesko: A Legal Perspective on Plagiarism and Copyright
Editor's Note : Editor's Note: Jim Romenesko's Nov. 10 resignation from Poynter over his failure to put quotation marks around...