by Sydney Smith on Dec 01, 2011
South Carolina Newspaper Publishes Expletive in Associated Press Sports Story
The Greenville [South Carolina] News published an expletive -- the "f" word -- in today's print newspaper. The expletive was...
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by Sydney Smith on Nov 30, 2011
BBC Defends TV Outlets Not Airing Climate Change Part of BBC/Discovery Channel Program
The BBC and Discovery Channel partnered to broadcast Frozen Planet, a seven-part documentary on "the earth's polar regions," Talking Points Memo...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 27, 2011
Righthaven Drops Copyright Infringement Lawsuit over Democratic Underground’s Re-Posting of 5 Sentences
Righthaven admitted to the court that re-publishing "a short excerpt of a news article in an online forum is not...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 26, 2011
At Least 4 Ombudsmen Address Reporting on Sandusky Allegations
At least four ombudsman or readers' editors addressed standards in reporting related to the accusations of sexual assault by former...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 23, 2011
Woman Posing as Bloomberg Spokesperson Tricks Media
The media was tricked by a woman posing as a spokesperson for New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg, the New...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 23, 2011
Where did Subway Shut Down Story Come From?
The New York Times' Brian Stelter questioned where the reports that Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York City would...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 22, 2011
ESPN’s Lee Corso Apologizes for Saying Expletive on GameDay Program
Yahoo News criticized ESPN's Lee Corso for using the f-word during an on-air Game Day segment. Corso later apologized, according...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 22, 2011
‘Stigma’ in Reporting on “The Mentally Ill”
The Guardian published an article by Harold A. Maio questioning why the media refers to "'the' mentally ill," which Maio...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 22, 2011
Hartford Courant Apologizes for Plagiarism and Aggregation in Journal Inquirer Lawsuit case
As iMediaEthics has written, two Connecticut newspapers have been in court for two years over aggregation and plagiarism charges. The Journal...
by Alan Behr on Nov 21, 2011
L’Affaire Romenesko: A Legal Perspective on Plagiarism and Copyright
Editor's Note : Editor's Note: Jim Romenesko's Nov. 10 resignation from Poynter over his failure to put quotation marks around...