by David W. Moore on Nov 04, 2012
What the AP Poll on Racial Attitudes Really Tells Us, Part 1
Editors' Note: This is Part 1 of a 2-part analysis by David Moore of the Associated Press poll on racial attitudes,...
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 20, 2012
AP Offers ‘Best Practices’ on Immigration Terminology, Daily Californian Stops using ‘Illegal Immigrant’ in Reporting
The Associated Press released an Oct. 18 "staff newsletter" about the term "illegal immigrant." As iMediaEthics has written, the debate...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 16, 2012
Renewed Debate over Accuracy, Standards Related to ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Term
Former Washington Post reporter Jose Antonio Vargas, who identified himself as an "undocumented immigrant" last year in an essay for...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 11, 2012
AP Adds ‘Caption Addition’ to Picture of Mitt Romney, ‘Fell Short of Our Own Standards’
The Associated Press made a "caption addition" that "clarifies" that a girl pictured in the background of an Oct. 8...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 09, 2012
Photog Gerald Herbert Helped Victim before Photographing, Says he was a ‘Person First and a Journalist Second’
In a post for the News Guild, Janelle Hartman recounted how Associated Press photographer Gerald Herbert decided to hold off...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 17, 2012
AP: Bill Clinton Fact Check Brought up Monica Lewinsky Because of ‘Facts’
The Associated Press explained why it included a reference to Bill Clinton's perjury charge related to Monica Lewinsky, the Huffington...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 10, 2012
Shepard Fairey Gets Probation for ‘Destroyed Documents,’ Fake ‘Images’ in Copyright Battle with AP
Shepard Fairey, the artist who created the Obama Hope poster with an Associated Press photo, was "sentenced to two years...
by Malik Ayub Sumbal on Sep 05, 2012
Fact Check: News Outlets Wrongly Report Christians Fleeing Pakistani Village of Christian Girl Koran Burning Case
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: The Pakistani dwellers, Muslims and Christians of Mehra Jaffar village in the suburbs of Islamabad, are disgruntled about...
by Wasim Ahmad on Aug 28, 2012
One Picture May Need a Thousand Words: Occupy Wall Street Photos Don’t Tell the Whole Story
A few days after the Nov. 15 raids of the Occupy Wall Street movement’s initial camp at New York's Zuccotti...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 28, 2012
Fake AP Story ‘Inadvertently’ Published, News Sites Remove Sports Story
News outlets published a "test story" from the Associated Press by accident, and are now unpublishing the fake sports story. ...