by Sydney Smith on Dec 01, 2010
Did Toronto Star Invade Privacy of Daughter of Pierre Trudeau?
Is it "public interest or just snooping"? The Toronto Star's public editor, Kathy English, put forth that question in her...
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by Sydney Smith on Dec 01, 2010
Hacktivist The Jester Suggests WikiLeaks Puts Spyware in Leak Docs
WikiLeaks website was inaccessible part of Sunday - the day it began releasing leaked diplomatic cables now known as "CableGate" -...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 30, 2010
Ecuador offers WikiLeaks’ Assange asylum, Sweden Still Seeks Arrest
While the U.S. government condemns WikiLeaks for its publication of 250,000-plus secret diplomatic cables, the search for WikiLeaks founder Julian...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 30, 2010
New York Times Editor on WikiLeaks CableGate
This week's CableGate document dump by WikiLeaks produced layers of ethical conundrums and raised questions about the relationship between WikiLeaks and...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 29, 2010
TIME Mag’s Kathryn Schulz says Media Errors need to be Corrected promptly
Time's Kathryn Schulz wrote Nov. 24 about "why journalists get the big things wrong." In the article, Schulz, an author...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 29, 2010
WikiLeaks Calls 5 News outlets “Partners” in CableGate Leak
Yesterday afternoon, WikiLeaks released its largest document dump yet amidst legal threats, an international manhunt and arrest warrant for its...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 28, 2010
Lake Oswego, Oregon Seeks to Legally Define Journalist
A city in Oregon is trying to legally define who is a journalist, the Knight Center for Journalism in the...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 28, 2010
Seattle Times Fact Checks Public School’s Statistics
The Seattle Times fact checked Seattle Public Schools' claims about how many high school graduates meet four-year college requirements --...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 27, 2010
S. African Blogger Explains Apology to Sunday Times Public Editor
Last month, iMediaEthics wrote about a blogger's complaints over the South African Sunday Times' story on Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe's wife. ...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 27, 2010
World Braces For Next WikiLeaks Document Dump
While Sweden's international search is on for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, U.S. diplomats are reportedly preparing allies for the so-called whistleblower site's...