by Sydney Smith on Sep 18, 2010
Largest-circulating Egyptian newspaper defends fake photo
The largest-circulating newspaper in Egypt, Al-Ahram, published a doctored photo Sept. 14. The photo misrepresents a state meeting and shows...
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by Sydney Smith on Sep 18, 2010
NY Times reports Woody Allen”very surprised” about “wild” media fabrications on Carla Bruni
Famed movie director Woody Allen questioned journalism ethics in a recent interview with The New York Times. Allen told the...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 18, 2010
Washington Post Publishes Front Page Ads?
YahooNews' Michael Calderone reported that the Washington Post's Sunday, Sept 12 edition featured an advertising wrap, "which covered half the front...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 18, 2010
Ethics Group Gives Investigative Reporting Center Grant
Oklahoma City-based Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation gave the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting a $100,000 grant, The Guardian's Roy...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 18, 2010
White House, Columbia Journalism Review, Politico Slam Forbes Article
Forbes magazine's cover story, "How Obama Thinks," by Dinesh D'Souza, has been criticized by both the White House and Columbia...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 17, 2010
Ghostwriters for Drug Company Wyeth behind Dozens of Journal Articles?
A researcher claims that the drug manufacturer Wyeth hired a communications firm to write articles for medical journals that would...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 16, 2010
The Ethics of Reporting on Suicides
Edward Wasserman, journalism ethics professor at Washington and Lee University, blogged recently about the ethics of reporting on suicides. Wasserman's...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 15, 2010
Bloggers Locate “Original Photo” that was allegedly faked by Conservative Group
Bloggers at Newshounds helped Huffington Post writer Glenn W. Smith uncover what they claim to be the original photo that...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 14, 2010
Tunisian Bloggers Spot Fake Photo from Le Temps, Assabah newspapers
Tunisian bloggers are calling out the French newspaper Le Temps, and the Arabic version of the newspaper, Assabah, for publishing...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 13, 2010
Was it a Slow News Summer? NY Mag Compiles Top 10 “Shameless News Stories” (Not mentioning that they reported them too)
Was it a slow news summer? When there isn't any big, exciting hot news, do media outlets hype ordinarily less...