by Sydney Smith on Jun 02, 2013
No More ‘Illegal Immigrant’ at San Francisco Chronicle Either
The San Francisco Chronicle is the latest news outlet to update its style entry on "illegal immigrant," Poynter reported. Like...
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by Sydney Smith on May 31, 2013
Did Seattle Times Libel Psychologist? Washington News Council holding Hearing Tomorrow
Did the Seattle Times libel a Washington (state) psychologist with its reporting series on Sexual Violent Predators (SVP), "Price of...
by David W. Moore on May 30, 2013
Three Interpretations of Recent ABC/Post Poll on Immigration Reform
According to the latest ABC/Washington Post poll on immigration reform, a solid majority of Americans continue to support a “path...
by London Shearer Allen on May 29, 2013
AP Reports 2 of 5 Teens Dead in Car Crash ‘Middle Eastern’ & ‘Obsessed’
Tragedy struck five teens, and their families, over Memorial Day weekend in a Newport Beach, California car crash. But why did...
by Alan Bisbort on May 28, 2013
Navasky’s History of Political Cartoons Raises Unique Issues of Journalism Ethics and Pulls Some Punches
You know you have stumbled upon a third rail of media ethics when a book about “the art of controversy”...
by Sydney Smith on May 26, 2013
NYT Unpublishes Slideshow after finding Photojournalist lied about photo subjects
The New York Times unpublished "a post and a slide show about Haitian child servants" because a Times photojournalist lied...
by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2013
After Snooping AP, Obama Admin Backs Media-Friendly Bill on Anonymous Sources, Subpoenas
Days after the secret subpoenas for phone records of the Associated Press came to light, the Obama administration announced it wants...
by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2013
Twitter Announces 2-Step Verification after Hacks to AP, CBS News, BBC, The Guardian, AFP
Twitter now has a two-step verification process as a way to "better protect your Twitter account," the company announced in...
by Sydney Smith on May 24, 2013
Al Jazeera Unpublishes ‘Last of the Semites’ Op-Ed, Admits It ‘should have handled this better’
Al Jazeera unpublished an op-ed column by Joseph Massad titled "Last of the Semites" after deciding the content was questionable...
by Sydney Smith on May 23, 2013
Association of Food Journalists Revise Ethics Guidelines to ‘Advance Ethical Standards’
The Association of Food Journalists released a revised set of "Food Critics' Guidelines" to advise food critics on fact checking,...