by Sydney Smith on Apr 19, 2013
NBC News Accidentally Airs Expletive in Watertown Lockdown Coverage
Whoops! iMediaEthics was catching up on the latest updates in the search for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the suspect in the Boston...
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by Rhonda Roland Shearer , Sydney Smith on Apr 18, 2013
82 percent of NY Post Anthony Weiner Front-page Story Stolen from New York Times Magazine
Why do an exclusive interview for your front-page if you can just steal it from another newspaper? That's what the...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 18, 2013
Reuters Accidentally Publishes George Soros Obituary, at least 3rd Obit Fail in the Media since 2011
Reuters accidentally published an obituary for billionaire philanthropist George Soros today, according to Jim Romenesko. The obituary included dummy text...
by David W. Moore on Apr 17, 2013
Legal Residency or Pathway to Citizenship? Three Polls, Three Answers
One of the questions facing lawmakers in their attempt to reform the immigration system is what to do with the...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 17, 2013
4 Media Missteps in Reporting on Boston Marathon Explosions: Photoshop & Errors
Errors in breaking news stories -- especially ones involving mass injuries and deaths -- often come with the territory. iMediaEthics...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 16, 2013
New Standards at USA Today: No ‘Illegal Immigrant’ unless in ‘Direct Quotes’
Just days after the Associated Press issued new standards on the term "illegal immigrant," USA Today announced a change in...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 14, 2013
Davidson College Hosts ‘Ethics in Media’ Discussion [VIDEO]
North Carolina journalists and educators talked about "Ethics in the Media" at a Davidson College panel discussion, according to a...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 13, 2013
‘Joking about me being killed really isn’t funny’ Meghan McCain says
Fox Nation unpublished Ann Coulter's April 10 column because she suggested killing Meghan McCain, John McCain's daughter, the Associated Press...
by David W. Moore on Apr 12, 2013
Do 9 of 10 Americans Really Support Gun Buyer Background Checks? Pretty Much!
Recent polls from Quinnipaic, Marist, CBS News, Fox News, ABC/Washington Post, and Pew suggest that about nine out of ten...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 10, 2013
Don’t Use ‘Paparazzi-Like’ Photos of ‘Grieving’ Students says Cornell University Sun Public Editor
A student dies of natural causes and the school newspaper gets a picture of his housemate's reaction. Should the paper...