by Sydney Smith on Feb 08, 2011
Washington Post’s Anonymous Sources Criticized by Reader
Reader John Burpo of Springfield, Va. criticized the Washington Post's anonymous sources reliance in its Feb. 1 story on health care. In...
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by Sydney Smith on Feb 08, 2011
AGAIN? LA Times Ran Wrong Photo of Composer John Barry, 1991, 2011
The Los Angeles Times readers' representative, Deirdre Edgar, reported that the LA Times corrected a mislabeled photo this month. The...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 08, 2011
“Not Everyone Sad” about Minnesota News Council Closing
As iMediaEthics reported in late January, the Minnesota News Council -- one of two state news councils in the U.S. -- has...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 08, 2011
SF Chronicle Editor Phil Bronstein On Lawsuit Against Student Newspaper Editor
The San Francisco Chronicle's Phil Bronstein blogged for the Huffington Post that the lawsuit of a California man against a...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 09, 2011
Reuters Not Corrected Katie Couric MisTweet that Mubarak Resigned
CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric incorrectly tweeted that Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak resigned, the New York Daily News reported....
by Sydney Smith on Feb 10, 2011
NY Daily News Unpublished Stories by Freelancer Rob Sgobbo For Faking Sources in Village Voice
As iMediaEthics previously reported, in January the Village Voice retracted and apologized for one of its stories by Rob Sgobbo, a...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 10, 2011
US State Department Hires Journalism Prof Jane Kirtley to Write Ethics Book for Foreign Diplomats?
University of Minnesota media ethics professor Jane Kirtley was "commissioned" by the U.S. State Department to write a handbook for...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 11, 2011
US Weekly, TIME Hoaxed By Fake Palin Quotes about Deporting Christina Aguilera
Both US Weekly and TIME apparently were hoaxed by a satire article claiming Sarah Palin called out Christina Aguilera for...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2011
NYT Published Cows Fell From Planes, Duped by Urban Legend
Earlier this week, the New York Times corrected a Jan. 16 article about "drilling for oil off the coast of...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2011
Regret the Error’s Craig Silverman Offers Free Book in exchange for “Accuracy Checklist”
Craig Silverman, who runs the website Regret the Error and wrote the book by the same name, offered journalists a free...