by Sydney Smith on Apr 06, 2015
Rolling Stone will be sued over UVA Rape Story
Rolling Stone will be sued by Phi Kappa Psi, the fraternity falsely accused of gang rape in the now-retracted report...
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by Sydney Smith on Apr 06, 2015
Rolling Stone UVA Rape Report out; ‘A Story of Journalistic Failure,’ Columbia J School concludes
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism has released its investigation into Rolling Stone's November "Rape on Campus" article by freelance journalist...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 06, 2015
Columbia J School’s Dean denies UVA source at fault at Rolling Stone Report Press Conference
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism's Dean Steve Coll and Academic Dean Sheila Coronel took questions Monday from a full room...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 05, 2015
Robert Durst is ‘a member of a band’? AP confuses accused murderer with Fred Durst, Limp Bizkit Frontman
It was a pop culture mash-up in the Associated Press newsroom when the editors, presumably asleep at the switch, allowed...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 05, 2015
Was GermanWings Crash Cartoon Insensitive? Readers Complain, Paper Defends
The Globe and Mail defended an editorial cartoon on the March 24 Germanwings plane crash in the Alps. The cartoon...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 04, 2015
After scandals, 4 Public Editors hired by Asahi Shimbun, Japan’s 2nd largest newspaper
Japan's Asahi Shimbun will name Shiro Nakamura as its first ever in-house public editor next month, the newspaper told iMediaEthics....
by Sydney Smith on Apr 03, 2015
Stuff news deeply regrets ‘any suggestion’ NZ Businessman was unethical, Hits delete
Did a New Zealand-born former billionaire act unethically in Kenya? A New Zealand news site, Stuff.co.nz, originally published this claim...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 02, 2015
Fmr. News of the World Reporter’s Bribery Conviction Thrown Out
A former News of the World journalist convicted of bribing a public official has had his conviction thrown out, the...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 01, 2015
Are white actors unemployed because of ‘ethnic castings’ for TV Pilots? Deadline apologizes
A coalition of national Latino, African American, Asian American and Native American groups issued a statement denouncing entertainment news site...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 31, 2015
Did Buzzfeed fake Nola reporter’s quotes about transgender murder victim?
The Times-Picayune was criticized last month for calling murdered transgender woman, Penny Proud, a man in a story on the...