by Sydney Smith on Jan 09, 2017
Monica Crowley Plagiarism Scandal: What Happened
In the wake of her appointment as the senior director of strategic communications for the National Security Council under Donald...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 08, 2017
3 Viral Media Goofs in January
We're just a week into the new year, and there have already been a few high-profile flops in the news....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 04, 2017
Turning Water into Power? PBS NewsHour Yanks Report after Reader Complaints
PBS's NewsHour unpublished a report claiming a Greek inventor is creating a way to turn water into power after many...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 03, 2017
U.S. Electric Grid not penetrated by Russian hackers, WashPost posts Editor’s note
Russian hackers did not penetrate the U.S. electrical grid through a Vermont utility, as the Washington Post previously reported. The...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 31, 2016
JonBenet Ramsey’s Brother Burke Ramsey sues CBS for $750 million over ‘The Case Of: JonBenet Ramsey’ Documentary
Burke Ramsey, the brother of JonBenet Ramsey, is suing CBS for $750 million over the network's documentary about his sister's...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 30, 2016
iMediaEthics’ Top 10 Media Ethics Issues of 2016
As we have done for the past few years, iMediaEthics has collected our list of the top 10 media ethics...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 23, 2016
Top 10 Corrections of 2016
It's time for iMediaEthics' annual top 10 corrections from 2016. Last year, we published the Top 10 News Errors from...
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Top 10 Fakes and Hoaxes from 2016 — and How They Could Have been Prevented
For the purpose of our list and reporting, we are looking only at the traditional sense of fake quotes and...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 17, 2016
Los Angeles Times’ Letters to Editor Saying Japanese Internment was OK weren’t ‘Civil, Fact-Based Discourse,’ didn’t ‘meet editorial standards’
The Los Angeles Times should not have published two letters to the editor that indicated Japanese American internment in the...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 16, 2016
9 Important Rulings, Guidance & News from Press Councils & Press Organizations in 2016
As an international media ethics news site, iMediaEthics frequently covers issues addressed by press councils, press ombudsmen, and press regulators....