by Sydney Smith , Sydney Smith on Jan 04, 2019
Le Monde sorry its Macron image suggested Nazism
Le Monde's editor Luc Bronner apologized for a front-page illustration that readers thought compared President Emmanuel Macron to Hitler. The...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 03, 2019
Der Spiegel: Reporter Collected Donations for Fake Syrian Orphan, Charges to be Pressed
Der Spiegel is pressing charges against former reporter Claas Relotius, who the German magazine revealed had faked interviews and articles....
by Sydney Smith on Dec 22, 2018
UK News Site Broke Police Embargo but Not Press Guidelines?
The Northampton Chronicle & Echo identified a man who died waiting for care at a hospital. Despite breaking a police...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 21, 2018
BuzzFeed Trump Russia Dossier Defamation suit dismissed
Aleksej Gubarev's defamation lawsuit against BuzzFeed for naming him in the so-called Trump Russia dossier was dismissed this week. The...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 21, 2018
The Controversial Editorial Cartoons of 2018
In recent years, iMediaEthics has noticed a growing debate over cartoon ethics. Starting back in 2014, we started tracking the...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 20, 2018
Der Spiegel reporter faked interviews, quotes, sources in at least 14 articles
Der Spiegel reporter Claas Relotius fabricated interviews and sources "on a grand scale," the German news magazine revealed. Relotius admitted...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 15, 2018
New Public Editor for Uganda’s The Nation, 1st in Country?
Uganda's The Nation has a new public editor, Charles Odoobo Bichachi -- the first apparent public editor in Uganda. "I...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 11, 2018
Kenya’s Nation Will Unpublish only in cases of ‘Factual Misrepresentation’
Kenya's The Nation will not unpublish news stories unless there is "factual misrepresentation," the newspaper's public editor Peter Mwaura explained....
by Sydney Smith on Dec 04, 2018
Fmr Irish Presidential Candidate accused of covering up sex crimes gets 6 figures
The Sunday World claimed Eurovision winner, former Irish Parliament member and former candidate for Irish president Dana Rosemary Scallon covered...