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...
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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 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 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 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 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...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 10, 2018
Washington Post suspends Joel Achenbach for ‘inappropriate workplace conduct’
The Washington Post suspended reporter Joel Achenbach for ninety days without pay after an investigation into his "inappropriate workplace conduct,"...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 10, 2018
Donald Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen sues BuzzFeed over Trump Russia Dossier
Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's personal lawyer, announced last night he is suing BuzzFeed for defamation over the site's January 2017...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 07, 2018
Corrections Roundup: Does Steve Bannon call Jared Kushner Frodo or Fredo? Jimmy Carter is alive
iMediaEthics recently published our round-up of the top ten corrections from 2017, but we've come across a few noteworthy corrections...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 06, 2018
UK Newspaper Published 2013 Photo of Fatal Car Accident, Distressing Family of Victim for 2nd time
About five years ago, a local newspaper in southwest England, the Dorset Echo, published a photo of a fatal car...