by Sydney Smith on Jul 01, 2011
MSNBC Suspends Mark Halperin for Obama Curse
MSNBC suspended its analyst Mark Halperin indefinitely for using "foul language" on air about President Barack Obama, Reuters reported. Halperin is...
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by Sydney Smith on Jul 01, 2011
BBC Returns Documentary Award
The BBC returned an award for its documentary film Primark: On the Rack, The Guardian reported. As iMediaEthics has reported, the BBC...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 01, 2011
Esquire Sued for $285 Million+ Over Parody
World Net Daily's Joseph Farah and Jerome Corsi are suing Esquire over its article alleging Farah was retracting Corsi's birther...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 01, 2011
Gay Girl in Damascus Hoaxes Again?
iMediaEthics wrote last month when the lesbian blogger Amina Arraf of "Gay Girl in Damascus" was revealed as a hoax sock-puppet...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 01, 2011
Israeli Video Blog a Marketing Hoax?
A video blog from a man named Marc Pax "claiming to be an American gay rights activist" turned out to be...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 29, 2011
Is Speculative, Photoshopped Princess Diana Report Distasteful?
Newsweek Photoshopped a picture of the late Princess Diana into a photo of Kate Middleton and featured a cover story...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 14, 2011
Toronto Star Public Editor on Identifying the Homeless
The Toronto Star's public editor, Kathy English, took up the issue of describing the homeless as "street people" in a...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 14, 2011
Chicago Sun-Times Music Critic Fired for Fake Info in Glee! Live Review
The Chicago Tribune reported that Paige Wiser was fired from the Chicago Sun-Times after faking part of her review of Glee!...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 11, 2011
New Media Law in Rwanda
The New Times' Arthur Asiimwe reported on a new set of media laws in Rwanda. According to the daily Rwandan...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 11, 2011
No More Prior Censorship at Nearly Half of Burmese Publications
Burma has removed censorship restraints on 178 of its 358 media outlets, Burmese news site Mizzima reported. According to Mizzima,...