by Sydney Smith on Nov 20, 2018
BuzzFeed adds guidelines for reporting on mass shootings
BuzzFeed now has ethics guidelines for covering mass shootings. The guidance was added to the BuzzFeed News Standards and Ethics...
Daily Media Pick
by Sydney Smith on Nov 19, 2018
Corrections: Ocean Warming study conclusion ‘now in doubt,’ 17-year-old training for Mars?
Below, check out iMediaEthics' latest collection of interesting, noteworthy or amusing corrections of stories. 1. Ocean warming study conclusion 'now...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 16, 2018
No, Moroccan Prince not plotting against king
This story would have been really juicy, if it were true. Arabic news site Elaph Publishing claimed Moroccan Prince Moulay...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 15, 2018
German Playboy filing criminal complaint against writer of botched interview
There's more news from the German edition of Playboy. The magazine, which has been embroiled in controversy this week over...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 14, 2018
German edition of Playboy Misquoted Ennio Morricone
Germany's edition of Playboy published an interview with film composer Ennio Morricone, but Morricone denies he said what the magazine...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 13, 2018
Stan Lee died, not Spike Lee. New Zealand Newspaper botched front page
New Zealand newspaper The Gisborne Herald published a front-page teaser claiming that the film director Spike Lee died. Spike Lee...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 13, 2018
NYT editor’s note: Barry Mills Obit Quoted 2 nonexistent lawyers from Book
The New York Times issued a whopper of an editor's note to a July obituary for Aryan Brotherhood gang leader...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 12, 2018
Calling financial specialist a forensic accountant is misleading & wrong
The Courier-Mail was inaccurate and misleading when it reported on the findings of a person identified as a forensic accountant...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 11, 2018
Corrections: Witches Hexing Tax Collectors, Graphics Errors, NPR corrections
Check out iMediaEthics' latest roundup of corrections: 1, NPR added a witchy correction about Romanian witches threatening to hex tax...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 10, 2018
OK to report on Child’s Death, IPSO says
It's not an invasion of privacy to report that someone died, even if the deceased is a child, the UK...