by David W. Moore on Sep 06, 2012
‘The Disappearing Undecided Voter’ — Or Not!
With about nine weeks remaining in the presidential campaign, but…what?...a century or so since it’s been under way, are there any...
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by Sydney Smith on Sep 06, 2012
Arizona State Press Fires Reporter Raquel Velasco After Plagiarism, Retracts Articles
As we wrote yesterday, Arizona newspaper the East Valley Tribune told readers that it had unpublished "several articles" by an...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 07, 2012
Center for Investigative Reporting: Transparency Key with Anonymous Sources
The "nonprofit investigative reporting organization" Center for Investigative Reporting detailed its policy largely against using anonymous sources in stories in...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 07, 2012
Plagiarize and be ‘Dismissed’ from School, Says Arizona State University ‘Integrity Policy’
This month, Arizona State University's student newspaper the State Press apologized for plagiarism by one of its reporters, Raquel Velasco,...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 08, 2012
Amnesty International Unpublishes Fake Blog Posts Published by Hackers
Fake blog posts were published on Amnesty International's blog, Amnesty tweeted Aug. 27. According to the Associated Press, the hackers...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 09, 2012
Columbia University Student Newspaper Fires Reporter for Plagiarism
The Columbia Spectator fired reporter Jade Bonacolta for an article with "plagiarized content" from the New York Times and making...
by David W. Moore on Sep 10, 2012
iMediaEthics PollCheck Highlights Problem with General Questions in Gun Control Polls
Highlights: Only about a third of the public is exercised enough about gun control to say they want more or...
by David W. Moore on Sep 10, 2012
iMediaEthics Poll on Gun Control: Methodology Statement & Topline
840 adults nationwide were interviewed by SurveyUSA Friday 08/10/12 through Monday 08/13/12. Research, conceptualized and commissioned by iMediaEthics.org, was conducted...
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 Sydney Smith on Sep 11, 2012
Washington Post Corrects to Add Attribution, ‘Article Should Have Credited’ Indian Mag
The Washington Post corrected an article that used without attribution quoted information from an India-based magazine The Caravan. The Sept....