by Sydney Smith on Jun 14, 2011
ABC News Producer Chris Cuomo Defends Paying $ for Weiner Gate Photos
In an interview with Howard Kurtz on CNN's Reliable Sources, ABC News' Chris Cuomo defended his network's decision to pay...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 10, 2011
NYT’s Anthony Weiner Article Filled with Vague Anonymous Sources
Where's the New York Times' anonymous source policy? iMediaEthics spotted a particularly loose use of sources in the Times' June 7...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 08, 2011
Twitter Users Violating Injunction Could be Charged with Contempt of Court
Journalism.co.uk reported that the UK attorney general Dominic Grieve has "warned" Twitter users not to "break privacy injunctions" using the...
by Corinne Segal on Jun 08, 2011
Weiner’s wife may be “partly responsible,” Chris Matthews suggests
MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews suggested June 6 that Huma Abedin, wife of Rep. Anthony Weiner, may be “partly responsible”...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 07, 2011
What to do “When Crime Victims Tweet”
Poynter's Mallary Jean Tenore highlighted the "difficult questions for journalists" prompted by a Florida woman's tweets reporting her own rape....
by Sydney Smith on Jun 07, 2011
ABC News Pays for Anthony Weiner Materials
Media Bistro's TV Newser reported that ABC News "licensed a handful of photos" from a woman who allegedly had an...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 02, 2011
Stowe Boyd on Bloomberg’s new social media policy: Is it ‘Almost Offensive’?
According to Stowe Boyd's early May blogpost, Bloomberg's new social media policy "is almost offensive." Boyd noted that Bloomberg's social...
by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2011
PCC Explains Request to Include Reporters’ Tweets in Jurisdiction
As iMediaEthics wrote earlier this month, the UK media regulatory body the Press Complaints Commission may start regulating reporters' and news...
by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2011
Twitter Debate on Online Linking
Gigaom.com senior writer Mathew Ingram posted highlights from a Twitter debate about linking in news stories. The "discussion" included staff...
by Sydney Smith on May 24, 2011
National Labor Board says it’s OK for Arizona Star newspaper to fire reporter for tweets
The National Labor Board ruled that the Arizona Daily Star didn't break the law for firing a reporter for "inappropriate...