by Sydney Smith on Apr 17, 2012
WaPo explains Why it Ran Photo of Man on Fire
Before publishing a photograph of "a Tibetan exile who set himself afire in New Delhi to protest Chinese rule in...
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by Sydney Smith on Apr 17, 2012
iMediaEthics launches new Polling Center, features iMediaEtics Polls, PollCheck, Columns and PollTalk Blog
iMediaEthics is pleased to announce its new Polling Center. This featured section of the iMediaEthics website (see here) organizes all...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 17, 2012
Yahoo News Post Errs in Zooey Deschanel Article
A post about actress Zooey Deschanel on Yahoo News was either mangled by copy editing, a lack of pop culture...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 16, 2012
MSNBC Corrects after Airing Satire as News
MSNBC aired a fake news report claiming that "technology juggernauts Apple and Microsoft were 'marrying up' and taking on same-sex...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 16, 2012
iMediaEthics Named Among Mirror Awards Finalists for PhotoJournalism Double Standard Report
iMediaEthics is pleased to announce that our report "Troubling Double Standard, American photojournalism's different treatment of foreign victims," has been...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 15, 2012
Reporter Who Fact-Checked Mike Daisey’s Apple Monologue Got ‘Exclusive Tour inside an iPad Factory,’ Fortune says
American Public Media's Marketplace China correspondent Rob Schmitz exclusively toured an iPad factory for a report last week, Fortune magazine...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer , Sydney Smith on Apr 15, 2012
Whoops! Google News Error Suggests Canadian PM in Secret Service Prostitution Scandal
Was conservative Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper involved in the Secret Service prostitution scandal that made the news yesterday? Not...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 13, 2012
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell Apologizes for Inaccurate Comments on Mormonism
MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell apologized April 11 for his comments on Mormonism, Mediaite reported. In his April 11 apology, O'Donnell...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 12, 2012
LATimes Changes Story Headline after Tweet Suggests Endorsement of George Zimmerman Fundraising
The Los Angeles Times updated a headline on a story because readers criticized its wording as suggesting "support of [George]...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 12, 2012
National Review Fires 2 Writers over ‘Racially-Inflammatory’ Comments
Conservative political magazine National Review has fired two employees in the past week because of "racially-inflammatory" comments. On April 7,...