by Sydney Smith on Jun 17, 2011
Bahrain to Sue the UK Independent Newspaper?
Bahrain has filed a defamation lawsuit against The Independent newspaper and specifically its reporter Robert Fisk, The Guardian reported. Bahrain began...
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by Sydney Smith on Jun 16, 2011
Politican John Prescott Calls for Retraction from UK Sunday Times, Apology not good enough
The UK Sunday Times tweeted an apology to former deputy prime minister John Prescott for incorrectly quoting him, The Guardian...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 16, 2011
Sir Fred Goodwin Injunction Amended, Media Still Can’t Name Woman in Affair
A UK judge ruled that Sir Fred Goodwin, the former head of Royal Bank of Scotland, could not use a...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 16, 2011
Ethics of Reporting on Genderless Child?
Margaret Somerville, McGill University's director of the Centre for Medicine, Ethics, and Law, questioned the ethics of reporting on the...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 16, 2011
Palin Emails as Alaska governor Crowdsourced
The New York Times and the Washington Post are "crowdsourcing" reporting on the publication of Sarah Palin's e-mails as Alaska...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 16, 2011
LA Times Readers Rep: What Stories Prompt Worst Comments
The Los Angeles Times readers representative, Deirdre Edgar, wrote June 10 about issues with the Times' comments section. According to Edgar,...
by Corinne Segal on Jun 15, 2011
Media spreads false ‘mass grave’ report, Will Reuters Correct?
Several news outlets falsely reported that police had found up to 30 bodies buried on a property in Liberty County,...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 15, 2011
Margie Gillis Dance Foundation Comments about Sun Interview
iMediaEthics wrote earlier this week about Canadian Sun TV's Krista Erickson's much-criticized interview with interpretive dancer Margie Gillis. We asked Gillis'...
by Corinne Segal on Jun 15, 2011
Wall Street Journal errs in light bulb report
A June 7 Wall Street Journal editorial contradicted its own earlier report on what choices consumers will have in buying "conventional" 100-watt light...