by Sydney Smith on Dec 17, 2010
Is Chicago Trib’s MugShots Publishing More Ethical than St. Petersburg Times?
The ethics of news organizations publishing mugshots is an issue that iMediaEthics has written about a few times before (see here...
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by Sydney Smith on Dec 16, 2010
Ghana Journalists trained to not identify sex crime victims
Ghana News Agency reported Dec. 14 that a government minister called on the media to "be more abreast with domestic...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 16, 2010
500 Reader Complaints Over Richard Littlejohn’s Daily Mail Jody McIntyre Column
A Daily Mail column has provoked serious reader disapproval, The Guardian reported. As of Dec. 14, more than 500 complaints were reportedly...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer , Sydney Smith on Dec 15, 2010
HuffPost Removes Fake Aisha Story After iMediaEthics Fact Check
Abdulhadi Hairan's Aug. 29, 2010 Huffington Post blog post titled "Is Time's Aisha Story Fake?" issued a serious charge of fraud and mistaken...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 15, 2010
Do Leaked Fox News E-mails Show Training in Spin & Biased Reporting?
Media Matters, the progressive media watchdog website, published leaked e-mails from Fox News that suggest an editorial decision to "slant"...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 15, 2010
Music Critic Accused Musician of Plagiarizing Kanye West Review
Music critic Craig Mathieson accused bassist Andy Clemmensen of plagiarizing part of his review on Kanye West's album, ABC.net.au reported. Mathiseon...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 15, 2010
SPJ Member on Giving a Hat Tip
Media critic Jason Salzman wrote on Big Media, "home of the Rocky Mountain Media Watch Archive," about crediting bloggers and traditional media...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 15, 2010
Air Force Blocks New York Times, Other News Outlets that Published WikiLeaks
The U.S. Air Force blocked "computer access" to the news outlets that published the diplomatic cables recently leaked by WikiLeaks,...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 15, 2010
SPJ Backs New Jersey Blogger Shellee Hale in Shield Law Case
The Society of Professional Journalists filed an amicus brief in support of Shellee Hale, a blogger told that she wasn't granted...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 14, 2010
NY Times Critic calls out dancer’s weight, says Ballerina Ate Too Many Sugar Plums
A New York Times critic has had the tables turned on him as bloggers have criticized him for his remarks...