by Sydney Smith on Jan 11, 2018
9 Media Twitter Fails from 2017
In 2017, tweets caused media outlets and staffers numerous problems. Before you hit tweet in 2018, take a look back...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 16, 2018
Why NPR Didn’t & Then Did Use ‘S–thole’ in reporting on Trump’s Immigration Comments
As all the world knows by now, U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly used the word "shithole" in references to Haiti...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 17, 2018
Top 10 Media Ethics Issues of 2017
As in recent years, iMediaEthics has assembled our list of what we found to be ten of the most important...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 18, 2018
NPR Corrects ‘Major Mistakes’ in nearly year-old WWII ‘American-Internment Atrocity’ piece
NPR published several corrections of "major mistakes" as well as a second editor's note on an eleven-month-old story headlined, "The...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2018
Corrections Roundup: Megadeth or Megadeath? Not the owner of a Cockfighting Ring
Sometimes, the error isn't as noteworthy as the context. In 2015, the Wall Street Journal misspelled the name of the...
by David W. Moore on Jan 22, 2018
10th Annual Top Ten Dubious Polling Awards
Editor’s note: Every January, iMediaEthics’ polling director David W. Moore assembles the top ten “Dubious Polling Awards” for iMediaEthics. The tongue-in-cheek awards...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 26, 2018
Minnesota Public Radio on how it reports on Garrison Keillor & Allegations of Inappropriate behavior
Minnesota Public Radio cut ties with Garrison Keillor in late November amidst accusations of "inappropriate behavior." Now, MPR is sharing...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 28, 2018
Vanity Fair Photoshops Hollywood cover to remove James Franco
Vanity Fair Photoshopped the pictures of Hollywood actors on the cover of a recent issue, in order to remove actor James...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 01, 2018
Chicago Sun-Times suspends Richard Roeper after fake Twitter follower report
The Chicago Sun-Times's film critic Richard Roeper was suspended from the newspaper after the New York Times reported he bought...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 02, 2018
Film critic Roeper gets new Twitter account, reinstated at Sun-Times after fake followers report
The Chicago Sun-Times will reinstate film critic Richard Roeper but he is starting a new Twitter account after he was...