by Sydney Smith on Jul 26, 2017
MSN Quietly Ends Online Comments after ‘Abusive & Offensive Posts’
MSN is the latest news site to end online comments. The Microsoft-owned site didn't announce the decision, but readers noticed...
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by Sydney Smith on Jul 25, 2017
NYT wants apology from Fox News over Al-Baghdadi ISIS report
Fox News has blamed reporting by the New York Times for allowing ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to "sneak away...
by David W. Moore on Jul 24, 2017
Public Evenly Divided over Impeachment of Donald Trump: USA Today/iMediaEthics Poll
Americans are torn on whether the Congress should impeach Donald Trump and remove him from the presidency – with 42%...
by David W. Moore on Jul 24, 2017
Topline and Methodology Statement for USA Today/iMediaEthics Poll Conducted by SurveyUSA
Geography Surveyed: USA 50 States Data Collected: 07/17/2017 - 07/19/2017 from an online panel Sponsors: iMediaEthics.Org , USAToday For complete...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 23, 2017
Was NPR confusing readers? NPR to change opinion labels
National Public Radio announced it is updating how it labels opinion content on its website to make it easier for...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 22, 2017
NYC Antiquities Dealer Sues WSJ over ISIS Looting Investigations Story
A New York antiquities dealer, Hicham Aboutaam, is suing the Wall Street Journal for suggesting he and his brother have...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 20, 2017
Corrections Roundup: NYTimes duped by fake North Korean Twitter, LA Times mixes up Cairo & Red Sea & CSN Chicago apologizes to WetButt23
iMediaEthics rounds up interesting, newsworthy and sometimes even entertaining corrections from time to time. Below, see our latest assortment. 1. The...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 19, 2017
Vallejo police officer did NOT say N-word, San Francisco CBS affiliate retracts
San Francisco CBS-affiliate KPIX reported that a police officer called a black driver he pulled over the n-word. But the...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 17, 2017
Sinclair TV News stations used 2016 photo of Black Lives Matter activist Deray McKesson’s arrest to illustrate unrelated 2017 crime stories
Two Sinclair Broadcasting-owned TV news stations used a photo of Black Lives Matters activist Deray McKesson being arrested during a...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 14, 2017
WSJ tweets ‘Something’s Not White’ with Venus Williams Wimbledon Picture, Quickly Hits Delete
The Wall Street Journal's tweet about Wimbledon featuring Venus Williams was out of bounds. The Journal tweeted, "Something's not white!...