by Sydney Smith on May 08, 2011
Why Proposed Media Laws May Shut Down South African Press Council
As iMediaEthics recently reported, laws proposed in South Africa may lead to the closure of the South African Press Council and...
Corrections
by Sydney Smith on May 03, 2011
Osama bin Laden Fake Corpse Photo Published by UK’s Mail, Sun, Mirror, Telegraph
Several UK newspapers fell for an old photo doctored to masquerade as Osama bin Laden's dead body, Tabloid Watch reported....
by Sydney Smith on Apr 19, 2011
NPR Wrong? Robot Journalist Better Writer than Human PR person, not Human Sports Reporter
As iMediaEthics has previously reported, journalists might have new competition: robots. Robot journalists, or what blog Fangirltastic nicknamed "robournalist" and "journobot," consist...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 04, 2011
Media Backlash after ICorrect, A Celeb Destination for Buying Corrections, Launches?
As iMediaEthics wrote last month, Sir David Tang launched the UK site ICorrect.com that charges people $1,000 a year to post...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 04, 2011
Atlantic’s Ghost Towns are just Vacation Hot-Spots in Off Season?
Columbia Journalism Review criticized the Atlantic's slideshow about "The New American Ghost Towns." According to CJR, those alleged ghost towns...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 02, 2011
Bill Keller’s NYT Column Criticized for Errors, Misrepresenting Quotes
A recent column by New York Times executive editor Bill Keller' for NYT Magazine has been criticized for a clear factual...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 28, 2011
Times of India Retracts Story Claiming Sports Match Fixed
The Times of India corrected and unpublished one of its stories claiming that a cricket match was fixed. The match accused...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 25, 2011
New York Times Is Wrong: You Can Quote Shakespeare & Get By Chinese Censors, Bloggers Say
Bloggers and tweeters in China have fact checked and criticized the New York Times for its recent story on censorship in...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 20, 2011
Is ICorrect.com Correcting Errors or Just Repeating Them?
At first glance, the new UK site, ICorrect.com, appears to be a venue for subjects of bad media reporting to have...