by Sydney Smith on Mar 14, 2014
Did NZ America’s Cup members enrich themselves off govt? Radio Sport sued
New Zealand's Radio Sport aired a retraction after its host Martin Devlin claimed two members of New Zealand's sailing team...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2014
Drones, Online Corrections Discussed at Univ Colorado-Boulder Media Ethics event, Mar 14-15
The University of Colorado-Boulder is holding a media ethics symposium next week. The March 14-15 event will include talks by...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 12, 2014
Fake Chef Not Fact checked, Dupes 5 TV Morning Shows
Five TV morning shows were duped last year by a Queens, N.Y., comedian posing as a famous chef. The comedian, Nick...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 11, 2014
ABC Australian depicts Journalist as ‘dogf**ker’ in satire, 200 complaints
Australian journalist Chris Kenny is suing national public broadcaster Australian Broadcasting Corporation over a September 2013 satirical segment about him....
by Sydney Smith on Mar 11, 2014
BuzzFeed’s 29 Embarrassing culture errors, One wrong
BuzzFeed recently posted an article entitled "29 Embarrassing Things You Should Absolutely Avoid While Traveling Abroad." Unfortunately, BuzzFeed got one...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 11, 2014
S African TV News Fallout, Broadcast Pistorius trial witness photo
Last week, South African TV news station eNCA apologized after showing a photo of a witness in the Oscar Pistorius...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 10, 2014
Why did Press Gazette lift verbatim from PCC? Plagiarism or Bad Re-write?
The Press Gazette lifted verbatim content from a Press Complaints Commission ruling in January, iMediaEthics discovered. Press Gazette is a...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 09, 2014
NYT No longer predicts Fmr Ukraine prez will be executed after Kiev trial, Corrects
The New York Times "referred imprecisely to [the] possible fate" of Viktor F. Yanukovych in a Feb. 25 article about...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 08, 2014
France’s Canal Plus TV secretly taped Chelsea football manager?
A UK football manger, Jose Mourinho, slammed France's Canal Football Club for airing a private conversation that he says was...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 07, 2014
Informed Consent: Are Journalists Informing Sources About Possible Interview Fall Out?
Should journalists do more to inform sources of potential fallout from being interviewed? What are the real-world consequences for media...