by Sydney Smith on Aug 29, 2011
Is Photo of Ill Steve Jobs Fake? Photo Agency Defends
Is the TMZ-published photo of an ill Steve Jobs this past week real? TMZ first posted the photo Aug. 26 here and claimed...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 29, 2011
Debate: Should Media Report on Tim Cook’s Sexuality?
Tim Cook was the COO of Apple until last week, when Steve Jobs' resignation made Cook CEO of the company....
by Sydney Smith on Aug 28, 2011
ESPN Criticized for Photoshopping Michael Vick as White Man
ESPN is being criticized for photoshopping an image of professional football quaterback Michael Vick to make him a white man. ...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 28, 2011
News of the World PI Glenn Mulcaire ID’s Who Ordered Phone Hacking
Glenn Mulcaire has identified the News of the World staff who had him hack phones, the BBC reported. As iMediaEthics has...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 27, 2011
CNN’s iReport Advises on Fact Checking, Sourcing
A recent report from CNN's "eight-week series about storytelling and reporting skills, iReport Boot Camp, focused on fact checking and sourcing....
by Sydney Smith on Aug 26, 2011
New York Times Won’t Correct 2009 Rio Treaty Editorial, MediaBugs Says
MediaBugs wrote about former Outside magazine editor Hal Espen's attempts to get the New York Times to correct an error...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 26, 2011
NDakota Reporter Lee Morris Quits, Claims Newspaper Suppresses Critical Letters to the Editor
The editor, Lee Morris, wrote a "scathing column about concerns" with the newspaper, the Valley City Times-Record, in mid-August. His criticisms...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 26, 2011
Blogger Behind Fake Quotes Attributed to NYT Columnist Paul Krugman
Blogger Carlos Graterol of the Campaign Fix blog admitted recently that he was posing as New York Times columnist Paul...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 26, 2011
Dan Gillmor on Op-Eds:
Dan Gillmor criticized the media's willingness to publish op-eds that are ghost-written or essentially "public relations tactics" in a column...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 26, 2011
N.C. Court Dismisses Libel Lawsuit Against Indian TV News for Reporting ‘Rumors,’ Says No Jurisdiction
A North Carolina court dismissed a $12 million libel lawsuit against Indian TV networks Sun TV Network, CNN-IBN, New Delhi...