by Sydney Smith on Dec 20, 2017
Glenn Thrush to return to the New York Times after 2-month suspension next month
After a two-month suspension, the New York Times will reinstate suspended reporter Glenn Thrush. The Times suspended the White House...
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by Sydney Smith on Dec 18, 2017
Top 10 Corrections of 2017: iMediaEthics Annual Roundup
Posting transparent corrections is an important part of media accountability and ethics. But, sometimes the corrections themselves are newsworthy on...
by David W. Moore on Dec 16, 2017
What the CBS News Poll on the GOP Tax Plan Tells Us About Polling
A CBS News telephone poll, conducted Dec. 3-5, reveals (perhaps unintentionally) the shallow basis of today’s public policy polling. One...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 14, 2017
10 Most Read iMediaEthics Stories from 2017
iMediaEthics' most read stories published in 2017 are included below. Nearly half of our ten most read stories had to...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 11, 2017
NPR’s Blue Apron Cookbook Segment wasn’t a Sponsored Story, Ombuds says
Was an NPR holiday cooking segment featuring a Blue Apron cookbook paid for by Blue Apron? Listeners thought so, NPR's...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 08, 2017
CNN corrects Trump, WikiLeaks story, claiming anonymous sources provided the wrong date
A CNN report, based on anonymous sources, said that Donald Trump and his son, Donald Trump Jr., received an e-mail...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 05, 2017
Mail Online Wrongly Reported 10-Day-Old Tweet as News
Tweets, like milk, should come with expiration dates. Case in point: The Mail Online wrongly claimed that a truck drove...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 02, 2017
Brian Ross Suspended, ABC News Errs in Anonymously Sourced Trump, Flynn Report
ABC News inaccurately reported that Donald Trump, as a presidential candidate, asked Gen. Michael Flynn to contact the Russians. The...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 01, 2017
Complaint over ‘The Muslim Problem’ Column Rejected, Sun defends as free speech
A UK Sun columnist asked in August, "What will we do about The Muslim Problem then?" Hundreds of readers, including...