by Sydney Smith on Dec 09, 2012
MSNBC Removes ‘Joke’ Calling Lindsey Graham a Woman
MSNBC edited a guest's joke calling U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham a woman from its "re-air" of Nov. 28's Morning Joe...
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by Sydney Smith on Dec 09, 2012
Daily Mail Wrongly Says Man Dead, Calls it a ‘Simple Misunderstanding’
When a newspaper mistakenly reports the death of a person who is still alive, a prominent correction, at the very...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 09, 2012
Tampa Bay Times Defends Reporting after Source Kills Herself
The Tampa Bay Times defended and explained its reporting after a story became national news because its source, Gretchen Molannen,...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 08, 2012
Kate Middleton, UK Queen Radio Prank gone wrong, then very wrong, Nurse’s suicide?
Fall out from a now high-profile prank phone call from an Australian shock jock radio program has led to two...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 07, 2012
Veteran Cape Cod Times Reporter Faked Sources, Editors ‘Heartbroken,’ Start Better Supervision
After finding out one its longtime reporters, Karen Jeffrey, had used fake sources in at least 34 of her stories,...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 06, 2012
ESPN Claims It Wasn’t Wrong to Deny Blog Credit for Scoop
ESPN apparently does not like giving credit where credit is due. Case in point: After ESPN originally credited sports blog...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer , Sydney Smith on Dec 05, 2012
CNN Misquotes Billionaire Saying Mitt Romney ‘Level-Headed Buy’
CNN's typo in a quote about Mitt Romney significantly changed the meaning of the comment, made by billionaire John Catsimatidis. ...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 05, 2012
UK Training Group Calls for ‘Compulsory’ Ethics Training for Journalists
The National Council for the Training of Journalists held a Journalism Skills conference in late November. At that conference, the...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 04, 2012
Vermont Newspaper Hires Sex Offender for Police, Court Beat? Transparency, Conflict of Interest Questions Raised
A Vermont weekly newspaper questioned a fellow local newspaper's transparency and accountability after finding out that it hired a convicted...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 03, 2012
2 Maine Broadcast Journalists Resign, Point to Journalism Ethics
Television journalists are paid to broadcast the news. Seldom do they actually make the news. But that's exactly what happened...