by Sydney Smith on Feb 13, 2011
Twitter Ethics? Should Wrong Tweets Be Deleted or Corrected?
Should news organizations delete the inaccurate information? Or should they issue a correction tweet? iMediaEthics has written about this topic before...
Corrections
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2011
NYT Published Cows Fell From Planes, Duped by Urban Legend
Earlier this week, the New York Times corrected a Jan. 16 article about "drilling for oil off the coast of...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2011
Regret the Error’s Craig Silverman Offers Free Book in exchange for “Accuracy Checklist”
Craig Silverman, who runs the website Regret the Error and wrote the book by the same name, offered journalists a free...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2011
Washington Post Adds Feature to Request Corrections
In a Feb. 8 blogpost, the Washington Post announced the new "correction submit form." The feedback form is on the...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 09, 2011
Reuters Not Corrected Katie Couric MisTweet that Mubarak Resigned
CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric incorrectly tweeted that Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak resigned, the New York Daily News reported....
by Sydney Smith on Feb 08, 2011
AGAIN? LA Times Ran Wrong Photo of Composer John Barry, 1991, 2011
The Los Angeles Times readers' representative, Deirdre Edgar, reported that the LA Times corrected a mislabeled photo this month. The...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 02, 2011
New York Times Updates: LED Smiles NOT a Trend
The New York Times, the Guardian, the Daily Mail, the Toronto Star, and many other news outlets all reported about a...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 01, 2011
New Media Watchdog Site Media Disclaimer Center in Turkey Handles Reader Complaints, Tracks Corrections, Seeks Transparency
A new media watchdog website based in Turkey claims to work toward creating "a more transparent media," Hurriyet Daily News reported....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 30, 2011
Should Washington Post Correct Stories About Joe Wilson, Valerie Plame, Fair Game Movie?
iMediaEthics received a complaint from a reader about the Washington Post's coverage of the movie Fair Game about Valerie Plame and Joe...