by Sydney Smith on Aug 25, 2010
Blogger Jamal Ashiqain highlights Pakistan media’s sensationalism
A Pakistani blogger wrote Aug 22 criticizing the Pakistani's intrusive media coverage and insensitive treatment of victims. The blogger, Jamal...
International Media Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on Aug 23, 2010
UK’s Express newspaper promotes company in news story & advertorial, only pages apart
The UK Sunday Express seems to have crossed the line separating advertising and editorial with its August 15 coverage of solar...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 18, 2010
Chinese magazine publishes plagiarized & doctored photo by Hou Xie
Another prize-winning Chinese photo has been branded a fake. This photo, submitted by Hou Xie from Hunan Province, bears an...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 16, 2010
Epoch Times Claims Chinese Govt Behind Fake Photo It Published
In a recent news story, independent news outlet The Epoch Times accused the Chinese government of attempting to discredit its...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 14, 2010
WikiLeaks Part II: Secret Afghan Documents, News source or news site?
While it's openly an advocacy and whistleblower safe haven, WikiLeaks has also caused a stir by crossing into gray journalistic...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 13, 2010
WikiLeaks Part I: What Do We Know About WikiLeaks?
The late July publication of thousands of secret U.S. documents relating to the war in Afghanistan by the mysterious website...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 11, 2010
CNN Mexican Cartel Story Features Unsupported Headline –
A CNN story last week may have grabbed readers' attention with its interesting but inaccurate title claiming that the FBI sees al...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 07, 2010
Historian and Wife Apologize, Pay Two Authors Defamed in Online “Poison Pen” Reviews
Professor Orlando Figes, the high-profile London historian who earlier this year fessed up to writing defamatory anonymous reviews of competitors' work on...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 29, 2010
Nature photo contest winning image Plagiarized, Doctored
A Chinese man plagiarized and altered another man's image to win a nature photo contest this month, Global Times reported...