by Sydney Smith on Mar 18, 2012
Blog Reports on Tweets by Scout Willis, Willis Rep Says Tweets Satire for Class Project
Blog Ivy Gate published on March 7 information from the Twitter account of @bougpunk, which Ivy Gate identified as the...
Entertainment/Lifestyle Media Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on Mar 18, 2012
Babble Apologizes for Plagiarism
Walt Disney Company-owned parenting website Babble announced March 13 that it fired one of its writers for plagiarism. According to...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 16, 2012
Charlotte Church Can Sue over The People’s Fake Story She Drunkenly Proposed Marriage
A UK judge agreed that Charlotte Church can sue The People newspaper for libel over a fake story about her,...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 27, 2012
WaPo Corrects Story on Nat’l Enquirer’s Whitney Houston Coffin Photo
The Washington Post's Erik Wemple corrected his story "National Enquirer has done far worse" about the National Enquirer's publication of...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 24, 2012
Mediaite Apologizes, Takes down Post that Wrongly Said Touré Defended Chris Brown
Mediaite apologized for incorrectly reporting that journalist Touré tweeted "defending Chris Brown." The original article, titled "Touré defends Chris Brown...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 14, 2012
Oprah Winfrey Apologizes, Deletes Tweet Asking for Viewers
Oprah issued an apology Feb. 13 after tweeting during the Feb. 12 Grammys “Every 1 who can please turn to...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2012
Katy Perry uses Cocaine? Gather Retracts 2 False Stories
Gather published a lengthy retraction Feb. 10 of fake claims that singer Katy Perry uses cocaine. The fake claims were...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 08, 2012
Women Weekly Doctors Photo of Model Deborah Hutton
Australian magazine Women Weekly was criticized for doctoring a cover photo of 50-year-old model Deborah Hutton in an opinion column...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2012
Miss Piggy Criticizes Fox News
Miss Piggy, star of the movie The Muppets, has responded to Fox Business' Eric Bolling's criticism of the 2011 Muppets movie, Media...