by Sydney Smith on Oct 29, 2015
Round-up: CNBC Slammed for 2016 GOP Debate Moderation
CNBC didn't make many friends with its GOP debate moderating last night. CNBC's Carl Quintanilla, Becky Quick and John Harwood moderated...
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 29, 2015
NYTimes Didn’t Disclose Airbnb Financial Conflict of Interest, Public Editor Says It Should Have Used a Different Writer
The New York Times failed to disclose a clear conflict of interest in a recent news article by Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 29, 2015
Maureen Dowd Stands by Biden Column, NYT Corrects Separate News Story on Beau Biden ‘Lay Dying’ Conversation Claim
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd stands by her Aug. 2 column claiming that Beau Biden, just before dying to cancer,...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 28, 2015
iMediaEthics’ David Moore wins EPPY award from Editor and Publisher
iMediaEthics is thrilled to report that our polling director, David Moore, was just been awarded an EPPY from Editor & Publisher...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 28, 2015
South African newspaper hires Fact Checker, Cuts back on Anonymous Sources after Zuma Retraction, Complaints to Press Ombuds
South Africa's City Press issued a major mea culpa to President Jacob Zuma after discovering it made serious errors in...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 27, 2015
Bad Taste: Gossip Site Posts Attempted Suicide Video
Gossip and entertainment news site Radar Online crossed ethical lines this month when it posted a video tape of actor...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 26, 2015
‘Bride & Seek’ Story about Missing Bride-to-Be Later Found Dead Offensive, Press Council Rules
News Corp-owned Brisbane newspaper The Courier-Mail offended readers with a story about a missing woman later found murdered, the Australian Press...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 25, 2015
Sunday World Doesn’t have to pay €900,000, Libel Ruling Appealed Successfully
Ireland's Sunday World dodged a record-setting €900,000 libel bill seven years after the newspaper was ordered to pay a man named Martin...
by on Oct 24, 2015
Stephen Glass Sends $10K to Harper’s as Fabrication Apology
Notorious fabricator Stephen Glass says he wants to pay back the news outlets that paid him years ago for now-discredited...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 23, 2015
Zendaya Calls out Magazine for Photoshop, It promises to publish real Images
Singer and actress Zendaya called out Modeliste magazine for heavily Photoshopping a picture of her. The magazine responded to deleting the...