by Sydney Smith on Apr 27, 2011
Reality TV not protected under Calif Journalism Shield Law
A California judge ruled that a reality TV show isn't journalism, Editor & Publisher reported. The reality show, Bait Car...
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by Sydney Smith on Apr 27, 2011
Who has better Link Ethics, Bloggers or Journalists? Reuters weighs in…
Are blogs more ethical than traditional media? In terms of attribution, Reuters' Anthony DeRosa, in his blogpost about "traditional media's...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 27, 2011
WikiLeaks Not Redacting?
iMediaEthics reported yesterday about the latest group of files to be leaked from WikiLeaks -- the Guantanamo Files. The Guardian noted...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 27, 2011
CJR Fact-Checks PolitiFact
Columbia Journalism Review has stepped in as one of the latest to fact check the fact checkers at PolitiFact. A...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 27, 2011
Communications Professor: Fewer Anonymous Sources, More Transparency Good
A St. Louis communications professor advocates journalists don't use anonymous sources, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. According to the St....
by Sydney Smith on Apr 26, 2011
WikiLeaks Starts Leaking Gitmo Files, 97% of Cablegate Remains Unpublished?
WikiLeaks' has published its latest bulk leak, this time nearly 800 secret documents out of Guantanamo Bay. As with past...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 26, 2011
NYT Hoaxed by Onion’s Story about Barack Obama on Tiger Beat Cover
The New York Times corrected its April 17 article on teen magazine Tiger Beat's clean image after being hoaxed by a doctored image...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 26, 2011
Does UK’s The People’s Cover Image of Prince William Mislead?
UK's The People newspaper published an 8-year-old picture of Prince William partying with headline "So how was the Stag Do, Wills?"...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 26, 2011
Arthur Brisbane: Why is the New York Times often critical of competition?
Arthur Brisbane used his April 24 public editor column to comment on the Times' habit of putting down its competition...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 26, 2011
WaPo Public Editor: WaPo Could Have Waited on Chocolate Milk Story when Mayor is Arrested
Washington D.C.'s mayor, Vincent C. Gray, and six city council members went to jail "to protest a federal budget deal...