by Sydney Smith on Oct 03, 2012
Libel Lawsuit over Eliot Spitzer’s Slate Article Dismissed
iMediaEthics wrote last year when former New York governor Eliot Spitzer was sued over an Aug. 2010 article for Slate....
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 03, 2012
Daily Mail, Star Mag Apologize to Nicolas Cage for Wrong Claims
The Daily Mail apologized and paid Nicolas Cage "undisclosed damages" in a libel settlement over a September story claiming he...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 02, 2012
Fake Story about Ben Roesthlisberger Breaking Legs Circulates
A fake story claiming "Ben Roethlisberger has broken both of his legs in a traffic altercation," circulated this week, Deadspin...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 01, 2012
NYT Called out for ‘Write-Through’ of Online Article on Mitt Romney
The New York Times "replaced" an article on Mitt Romney with a "very different" report on Romney mid-September. The original...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 30, 2012
SPJ Ethics Chair: Can Ethics Code Apply to Social Media?
Society of Professional Journalists ethics chair Kevin Smith blogged Sept. 19 about applying the group's ethics code to social media....
by Sydney Smith on Sep 30, 2012
Buffalo’s WGRZ TV Apologizes for Using Pic of Seal in Michael Clarke Duncan Report
Buffalo, New York NBC-affiliate WGRZ-2 wrongly used a photo of the singer Seal with its early September report on actor...
by David W. Moore on Sep 29, 2012
Rasmussen and the Allegedly Skewed Polls
Some Mitt Romney supporters have been arguing recently that most of the polls showing Obama surging in swing states, and...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 29, 2012
Fox News Apologizes for Airing Suicide, ‘We Really Messed Up’
Shepard Smith apologized after Fox News aired live footage of a man killing himself, the New York Times reported. Smith...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 27, 2012
Globe & Mail Reviewed ‘A Body of Work from Recent Years’ by Margaret Wente
As iMediaEthics wrote earlier this week, the Globe and Mail put Margaret Wente under "disciplinary action" after attribution questions related...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 25, 2012
Kato Kaelin Disputes NYPost Quote Attributed to Him
Kato Kaelin, the bit-part actor and drifter who was living at O.J. Simpson's house in Los Angeles at the time of Nicole...