by Sydney Smith on Nov 17, 2013
Bloomberg News Not ‘Wusses’? Denies Self-Censorship in China, Rebuts NYT Report
The New York Times reported last week, based on anonymous sources, that Bloomberg News is killing stories about China that...
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by Sydney Smith on Nov 16, 2013
Piers Morgan Tweets Sarah Palin Satire Story, Denies he was Hoaxed
It's another Sarah Palin, Breitbart News, Piers Morgan dust-up. CNN's Morgan tweeted a link to an article that mocked Sarah...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 15, 2013
NBC News Licenses Skydiver Video, Paid $100K, Wash Post Reports
NBC News "licensed" a video for news reports -- meaning it coughed up cash for rights to a video, and...
by David W. Moore on Nov 15, 2013
Pew’s Misleading Trans Fat Poll: David Moore responds to Pew Director
In his response to my article critical of a Pew poll, Michael Dimock, Director of the Pew Research Center, acknowledges...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 15, 2013
Apology for Calling Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address ‘Silly’? ‘A Little Fun’ Patriot-News tells iMediaEthics
The (Pennsylvania) Patriot-News' editorial board apologized this week for calling President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address "silly" at the time that...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 15, 2013
Alec Baldwin Says MSNBC Show May End After Anti-Gay Slur
MSNBC suspended Alec Baldwin after his comments yesterday to a New York Post photographer apparently taking pictures of Baldwin, his...
by David W. Moore on Nov 12, 2013
[UPDATED: Pew Responds] How The News Hour Got Duped by Sloppy Pew Poll on Trans Fats
On PBS's News Hour last Thursday, Judy Woodruff interviewed Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control, about...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 11, 2013
Tracing the Ugly Baby Lawsuit Hoax: Where is the Sourcing?
The New York Post reported recently that a Chinese man named Feng Jian's lawsuit against his wife for giving birth...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 10, 2013
CBS News Chairman Says Benghazi Story a ‘Mistake’, Dylan Davies’ Book Yanked from Publication
CBS News chairman Jeff Fager apologized for 60 Minutes' now-retracted report about Benghazi, Variety reported. As iMediaEthics wrote Friday, CBS...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 10, 2013
60 Minutes Corrects Benghazi Story on Air, Calls it ‘A Mistake’ but Fails to Give More Info
CBS News's Lara Logan read a "correction" to be aired on tonight's 60 Minutes admitting again that CBS News was...