by Sydney Smith on Oct 12, 2011
Should News Outlets Edit Comments?
A Sydney Morning Herald reader complained to the Australian Press Council after he says the newspaper edited his March 21,...
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 11, 2011
Accusations of Phone Hacking against UK Newspaper The People
A former reporter for the UK newspaper The People accused his newspaper of hacking phones, the UK Telegraph reported. The...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 11, 2011
Washington Post Shows Wrong Half of Photo, Suggests Scalia Died?
The Washington Post's public editor Patrick Pexton wrote about a photo mishap at the newspaper that suggested Supreme Court justice Antonin...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 11, 2011
News Corp Hotline for Ethics
News Corp. has a hotline for staff "to report suspicious colleagues in a fresh clampdown on corruption and other illegal...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 11, 2011
Kansas City Star Reminds Readers of Anonymous Source Policy
The Kansas City Star's readers' representative Derek Donovan commented on news tips from anonymous sources in an Oct. 2 column....
by Sydney Smith on Oct 11, 2011
Ethics Books translated to Spanish
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas announced Oct. 7 that it translated "two digital books" on ethics into...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 10, 2011
Toronto Star Public Editor Questions Standards of Reporting on Suicides
Public editor Kathy English questioned why the Toronto Star and other news media shies away from reporting on suicides in...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 10, 2011
The Sun Apologizes to Soccer Player Tom Cleverly, At Least the 3rd Manchester United Player in Court this Year over Media Stories.
The UK Sun issued an apology for reporting a fake event about UK soccer player Tom Cleverley, the Guardian reported....
by Sydney Smith on Oct 09, 2011
UK Politician: Should ‘Gross malpractice should lead to a journo being struck off ‘?
As iMediaEthics has previously written, a Quebec, Canada politician has proposed licensing journalists. (See our stories here and here). But now...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 09, 2011
Quebec Culture Minister Explains Call to License Journalists
iMediaEthics wrote last month about Quebec culture minister Christine St-Pierre's calls to license journalists. Journalists groups like the Federation of Professional...