by Sydney Smith on Dec 20, 2012
‘Humorous’? UK Sun Ombudsman defends ‘Greedy Bulgars’ headline about Bulgarian family
The UK Sun's ombudsman told iMediaEthics that the headline "Greedy Bulgars" -- referring to a Bulgarian family -- was only...
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by Sydney Smith on Dec 16, 2012
Top 10 Photo Fails: 2012’s Wrong & Fake Photos
10) The Sunday Times Runs 2008 Doctored Photo in 2012 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="465"] (Credit: Sunday Times, screenshot)[/caption] In July, the...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 12, 2012
Mystery of the missing Sydney Morning Herald column: Plagiarist Apologizes
The Sydney Morning Herald suspended columnist Dr. Tanveer Ahmed earlier this year amidst plagiarism accusations, as iMediaEthics wrote in September....
by Sydney Smith on Dec 09, 2012
Daily Mail Wrongly Says Man Dead, Calls it a ‘Simple Misunderstanding’
When a newspaper mistakenly reports the death of a person who is still alive, a prominent correction, at the very...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 02, 2012
Leveson Report Cites Wrong Info from Wikipedia?
Lord Justice Brian Leveson's long-awaited report on the UK press standards and practices was released this past week, but the...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 01, 2012
Winnipeg Ikea ‘Media Event’ for Journalists, Bloggers Gives Drinks, Foods and ‘Swag Bags’
About 250 Canadian journalists, bloggers, and others took freebies including gift "swag" bags and food from Ikea at an "exclusive...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 30, 2012
RTE Releases Report into Presidential Debate Standards, Irish Broadcasting Authority Calls for Full Report’s Publication
After the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland's Compliance Committee called for Irish public broadcaster RTE to publish its "internal report" about...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Nov 29, 2012
Here is the UK Leveson Inquiry Report!
Here is the UK Leveson Inquiry Report. We will be reporting more soon. Meanwhile, here are links from the report's...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 29, 2012
Leveson Report Released: Phone Hacking, Transparency, Ethics Standards, Accuracy, Bias, Media Regulation Addressed
A year after the first witness spoke at the Leveson Inquiry into press standards and practices, Lord Justice Brian Leveson...