by Sydney Smith on May 22, 2011
Did FBI unfairly target & offer bribe to Bradley Manning activist for WikiLeaks Info?
With the help of the American Civil Liberties Union, David House is suing the U.S. government because Department of Homeland...
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by Sydney Smith on May 22, 2011
Schwarzenegger Affair: Media Ethics Debate on Privacy, Naming Woman, Pics
After news broke that former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver were separating because he had a...
by Sydney Smith on May 22, 2011
BBC’s Checklist for Checking Info off Social Media Sites
Social media sites can be a good way to promote and spread news, but they are also rife with fake...
by Sydney Smith on May 22, 2011
Do Disclosures of Conflicts of Interest Make Matters Worse?
Media Bistro reported on an economics study that argues that disclosure of conflict of interest doesn't fix the conflict of...
by Sydney Smith on May 22, 2011
Did ABC News Trivialize Charges against IMF Head?
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is the International Monetary Fund chief accused of forcing a hotel housekeeper into anal and oral sex and...
by Sydney Smith on May 23, 2011
Fired ABC-23 Meteorologist Responds to iMediaEthics about his Strip Club Story Protest
iMediaEthics wrote last week about Jack Church, a TV meteorologist who says he was fired after he protested his station's, Bakersfield,...
by Sydney Smith on May 23, 2011
Did Daily Mail Rip Off Metro, New York Times Stories on NYC Smoking?
Freelance multimedia journalist Emily Anne Epstein accused the UK Daily Mail of plagiarizing her May 22 story for daily New...
by Sydney Smith on May 24, 2011
Journalists & Sources Should Not Fear Each Other, Says Former SPJ Prez Fred Brown
Last year, the Society of Professional Journalists publicly "denounced" ABC, NBC, CNN and CBS for paying sources -- or, as...
by Sydney Smith on May 24, 2011
Colorado Judge freezes 35 Righthaven lawsuits against Bloggers
According to Wired.com, a Colorado judge "froze" 35 lawsuits filed by copyright-enforcement agency Righthaven as he looks into Righthaven's ability to...
by Sydney Smith on May 24, 2011
Botox Mom: Hoax Story & Checkbook Journalism?
What's ethically worse in the "Botox Mom" hoax story? The fact that news outlets like ABC News and the UK...