by Sydney Smith on Feb 25, 2016
WIRED fires reporter, 4 articles contained plagiarism
WIRED fired reporter Nic Cavell and added editor's notes to all four of his articles to acknowledge plagiarism. Cavell's four articles all...
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by Sydney Smith on Dec 23, 2012
2012: 10 Worst Plagiarism and Attribution Cases
10) Fox News Lifts Atlantic Wire Dolphin Story Fox News rewrote without credit an Atlantic Wire article on dolphins earlier...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 01, 2012
Wired Fires Jonah Lehrer, Review Finds Plagiarism, Fabrication, Self-Plagiarism, Uncorrected Errors
After reviewing a selection of Jonah Lehrer's articles for Wired.com, NYU journalism professor Charles Seife determined that Lehrer's work was...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 03, 2012
Jonah Lehrer’s Book with Fake Quotes Recalled by UK, US Publishers
As we wrote earlier this week, Jonah Lehrer's book Imagine was revealed to include fake quotes attributed to Bob Dylan....
by Sydney Smith on Jun 21, 2012
Update: Jonah Lehrer Apologizes, New Yorker Adds another Editor’s Note, WIRED Reviewing his Work
Jonah Lehrer apologized this week for re-using his own writing for other publications in his five blog posts for the...
by Molika Ashford on Feb 02, 2010
Vaccine Libel Suit Challenges Another Science Journalist
Libel law is a vital tool for protecting people from the harm of journalism gone wrong. Recently, however, some experts...
by Molika Ashford on Nov 06, 2009
The Case of Amy Wallace: Accurate Vaccine Reporting Inspires Misogynistic Attacks, Threats
iMediaEthics has been working to critique and correct bad vaccine reporting this fall flu season. But this time, instead of...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Jun 26, 2009
Wired Editor Steals Wikipedia Content for “Free” Book
Gawker's Ryan Tate reports that Chris Anderson, Wired editor and author of, "Free, The Future of a Radical Price," a book...