by Sydney Smith on Apr 05, 2013
U of Wisc- Madison Annual Journalism Ethics Conference Live Streaming All Day
"Who is Shaping the News?" Are journalists, corporations, or media owners deciding what gets reported and how? Those quesions will...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 18, 2013
Current Editor of UK Sunday People Newspaper Arrested in Phone Hacking Scandal
Four journalists from the Trinity Mirror newspaper company were arrested in the UK last week and accused of phone hacking. "The...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer , Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2013
NY Daily News vs. NY Post Fact Wars? Was teacher impregnated by 17- or 18-year-old student?
iMediaEthics finds it frustrating that New York daily tabloids frequently present glaring contradictory facts that are rarely corrected. As an...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 12, 2013
UK Police Arrest Tweeter After Naming Alleged Child Sex Assault Victim
UK police arrested someone for identifying an alleged sexual offense victim in a tweet, the Guardian reported. In this case,...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 09, 2013
Irish Daily Mail Opinion Column Led to ‘Landmark’ Libel Case
In what is being called a "landmark case," the Irish Daily Mail must pay Denis O'Brien, who controls Irish media...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 08, 2013
Did you post fake photos of convicted murderers? UK Atty General May Press Charges Worldwide
UK Attorney General Dominic Grieve said anyone posting photos of Jon Venables and Robert Thompson could be charged with contempt...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 07, 2013
PCC rules on Local Newspaper Secret Recording: ‘Initial decision to engage in subterfuge’ NOT justified
The UK Press Complaints Commission ruled that the Kent and Sussex Courier, a local newspaper in Tunbridge Wells, UK, shouldn't...
by David W. Moore on Mar 07, 2013
Two Misleading Polls on the Sequester
Two recent polls come to contradictory conclusions about the public’s willingness to accept spending cuts imposed by the sequestration that...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer , Sydney Smith on Mar 05, 2013
Super Hero Firefighter? NBC News Caption Said ‘Fireman Holds Up a Fire Truck’ in Sinkhole
Did a firefighter act like a super hero and lift a fire truck with one hand? Apparently, a caption writer...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 19, 2013
Last WaPo Ombudsman? Washington Post’s Pexton says ‘No Final Decision’ made
It looks like the Washington Post's ombudsman office might actually end up "empty" after all. As iMediaEthics wrote earlier this...