by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2011
Washington Post Adds Feature to Request Corrections
In a Feb. 8 blogpost, the Washington Post announced the new "correction submit form." The feedback form is on the...
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by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2011
CIA calls AP ‘Reckless’ for ‘Partially’ Naming CIA Officers in Investigative Report
The CIA criticized the Associated Press for "partially identifying several current and former officers," YahooNews reported. The identification was made...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 13, 2011
Twitter Ethics? Should Wrong Tweets Be Deleted or Corrected?
Should news organizations delete the inaccurate information? Or should they issue a correction tweet? iMediaEthics has written about this topic before...
by David W. Moore on Feb 14, 2011
Do Egyptians Really Want ‘Democracy?’ Reinterpreting the Pew Report
According to a recent Pew Global Attitudes Project article, a Pew poll of Muslims in Egypt last year found that...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 15, 2011
Breitbart Sued by Shirley Sherrod for Libel, Video Edits
Shirley Sherrod, the former USDA official who was quickly fired last year after conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart published an edited...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 16, 2011
David Beckham’s Libel Suit Against In Touch Dismissed
As iMediaEthics has previously reported, soccer player David Beckham filed a $25 million lawsuit against In Touch and its parent...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 16, 2011
More ESPN Reporters Have Undisclosed Endorsement Deals
The New York Times reported that three ESPN personalities have endorsement contracts with Nike -- endorsement contracts that ESPN didn't...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 16, 2011
Maine Ethics Commission Rules– No Further Action Against Portland Press Herald
As iMediaEthics has previously reported, Maine newspaper the Portland Press Herald gave almost $47,000 worth of free advertising to a political...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 16, 2011
Portrait Photographer Drops Lawsuit Over Copyrighted Photo of Shooting Victim
A portrait photographer, Jon Wolf, dropped his lawsuit on Feb. 14 against "nearly three dozen media outlets" for using a...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 17, 2011
NYT Use of Labels, Irish Catholic, White woman, Ended in Editing Errors
Arthur Brisbane, the New York Times' public editor, took up the issue of describing sources by race and religion in his latest column....