by Sydney Smith on Dec 02, 2010
WikiLeaks’ Assange, a Wanted Man…in Tampa FL?
Three days have passed since WikiLeaks started publishing its CableGate documents. But, so far, only about 600 of the reportedly 251,...
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by Sydney Smith on Dec 01, 2010
Hacktivist The Jester Suggests WikiLeaks Puts Spyware in Leak Docs
WikiLeaks website was inaccessible part of Sunday - the day it began releasing leaked diplomatic cables now known as "CableGate" -...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 30, 2010
Ecuador offers WikiLeaks’ Assange asylum, Sweden Still Seeks Arrest
While the U.S. government condemns WikiLeaks for its publication of 250,000-plus secret diplomatic cables, the search for WikiLeaks founder Julian...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 30, 2010
New York Times Editor on WikiLeaks CableGate
This week's CableGate document dump by WikiLeaks produced layers of ethical conundrums and raised questions about the relationship between WikiLeaks and...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 29, 2010
WikiLeaks Calls 5 News outlets “Partners” in CableGate Leak
Yesterday afternoon, WikiLeaks released its largest document dump yet amidst legal threats, an international manhunt and arrest warrant for its...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 27, 2010
S. African Blogger Explains Apology to Sunday Times Public Editor
Last month, iMediaEthics wrote about a blogger's complaints over the South African Sunday Times' story on Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe's wife. ...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 27, 2010
World Braces For Next WikiLeaks Document Dump
While Sweden's international search is on for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, U.S. diplomats are reportedly preparing allies for the so-called whistleblower site's...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 26, 2010
Ethics of News Reporting About Children in Georgia
Georgian daily newspaper The Messenger reported that journalist Zviad Koridze gave a talk last week about the media ethics of reporting on...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 25, 2010
India Media Scandal: Two Top Journalists Crossed Ethical Lines?
Two Indian journalists -- one who is "known as India's Oprah" -- have been accused of violating journalism ethics in what...