by iMediaEthics Staff on Jun 04, 2008
When journalists twisted truth
Kodi Barth writes: "March 2003...The Los Angeles Times ran the top photo on its front page on March 31. It was...
Daily Media Pick
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jun 03, 2008
“Pictures that lie” on CNET News.com
CNET News writes: A retrospective gallery of photo tricks, manipulated images and fauxtography
by Jeremy J. Miller on Apr 21, 2008
STEALTH REDESIGN: Newsweek website breaks free from NBC
Last November, under the cover of media darkness, Newsweek migrated its website from the MSNBC homepage to its own web...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Apr 02, 2008
When NBC Nightly News promotes History Channel programming, the public is no April Fool
Riddle: Why did NBC run an infomercial for a competitor's programming during its Nightly News with Brian Williams on April...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Mar 03, 2008
The Impossible Measure of “Dimness”
If the Washington Post uses low standardized test scores as evidence for innate female “dimness,” is the same argument for...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Feb 22, 2008
A McCain Affair?
Under a bland headline, “For McCain, Self-Confidence On Ethics Poses Its Own Risk,” the New York Times published an article...
by Adam Klasfeld on Feb 21, 2008
Where The Antelope DON’T Play: Fake Photo on Chinese Website
Updated 02/25/08 4:17pm A week before the world’s highest and most controversial railroad officially opened in July 2006, connecting China...
by Adam Klasfeld on Jan 09, 2008
Lifted!?$ NYPost Graphic Very Similar to iMediaEthics
Given the current state of our national press, it’s sometimes difficult to know whether the work of media ethicists is...
by Jeremy J. Miller on Nov 30, 2007
DO THE MEDIA REGRET THE ERRORS? Interview with Craig Silverman
CheckYourFacts.org interviews Craig Silverman, author of the new book, "Regret The Error: How Media Mistakes Pollute the Press and Imperil...
by Adam Klasfeld on Nov 29, 2007
Anatomy of a Correction / Correction of Anatomy: Pitbull Didn’t Chew Off Leg
UPDATED 12/3/07 If StinkyJournalism staffers are the self-knighted superheroes of fact-checking, then Google Alerts are our trusty sidekicks. When founder...