by Sydney Smith on Sep 20, 2010
TIME Posts Twitter Photo with its 2010 NYC Storm Blog; Photo’s Really from 1976
Time magazine's Steven James Snyder featured a photo he found on Twitter with his blog about the Sept 16, 2010 storm...
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by Sydney Smith on Sep 20, 2010
Did ELLE Magazine lighten “Precious” Star Gabourey Sidibe’s skin in cover photo?
ELLE magazine is under fire for its cover photo of plus-size, African-American actress Gabourey Sidibe. Bloggers are accusing the fashion...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2010
NFL Commissioner rules NYJets “unprofessional” with Mexican reporter Ines Sainz
A Mexican television reporter has become the center of a controversy and alleged harassment complaint against the National Football League team The...
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...
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...