by Sydney Smith on May 21, 2013
Did US Justice Dept snooping put AP anonymous sources at risk?
How many anonymous sources were put at risk by the Justice Department's snooping into the Associated Press's phone records? The...
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by Sydney Smith on Apr 29, 2013
Associated Press’ Twitter Hack: Would ‘two-factor authentication’ help?
The Associated Press' Twitter accounts @ap and @AP_mobile were hacked this past week. The hackers posted to the @ap account...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 25, 2013
Tsarnaevs didn’t rob 7-Eleven, Zooey Deschanel NOT a suspect, More Errors in Boston Marathon Bombings Coverage:
In the ten days since the Boston Marathon bombings, there have been a handful of errors and ethical issues in...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 19, 2013
More Mess-ups in Boston Marathon Explosions Reporting: No Arrest Made Wednesday
In the days since the Boston Marathon explosions, there have been more than a handful of high-profile errors in the...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 17, 2013
4 Media Missteps in Reporting on Boston Marathon Explosions: Photoshop & Errors
Errors in breaking news stories -- especially ones involving mass injuries and deaths -- often come with the territory. iMediaEthics...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 04, 2013
People are not Illegal, Only their actions, says new AP Style Book Entry
"Crossed the border? Overstayed a visa?" According to the latest entry in the Associated Press stylebook, your actions are what's illegal, not...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer , Sydney Smith on Mar 05, 2013
Super Hero Firefighter? NBC News Caption Said ‘Fireman Holds Up a Fire Truck’ in Sinkhole
Did a firefighter act like a super hero and lift a fire truck with one hand? Apparently, a caption writer...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 29, 2012
AP Retracts Google/ICOA $400 Million Hoax, Tech Crunch ‘Updates’
The Associated Press issued a "KILL BULLETIN" Nov. 26 after wrongly reporting that "Google Inc. is paying $400 million" to...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 28, 2012
AP Removes ‘Homophobia’ and ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ from Stylebook
The Associated Press removed "homophobia" and "ethnic cleansing" from its stylebook, Politico reported. According to Politico, AP Deputy Standards Editor...
by David W. Moore on Nov 18, 2012
9 in 10 Americans can be classified as Racist against Either Blacks or Whites? What the AP Poll on Racial Attitudes really tells Us, Part 2.
Editor's Note: This is Part 2 of a 2-part analysis, by David Moore, of the Associated Press poll on racial...