by Matthew Nestel on Sep 01, 2009
NY Times Puts Brakes On Suspect Ads from Anti-Aging Pills …Again
Some fake ads riddling The New York Times are down, again...thanks to the Times' continuing efforts and ethical response to...
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by Matthew Nestel on Aug 25, 2009
New York Times: Profiting From Deceptive Ads They Decry
A New York Times Science section article decries fake turn-back-the-clock dietary pill ads misrepresenting famous personalities and deceiving online readership...
by Matthew Nestel , Rhonda Roland Shearer on Aug 25, 2009
Hijacked! NYDailyNews.com headlines’ traffic routed to fake sites through iGoogle Gadget
New York Daily News editors and management should be screaming at Google: "We've been robbed! " Unscrupulous companies are using...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Aug 21, 2009
Rachael Ray Producer Tells iMediaEthics: “Lawyers are pursuing” fake endorsements
iMediaEthics (then called StinkyJournalism.org) was told by Rachael Ray's production office that Ray "has nothing to do with" the fake blog...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Aug 17, 2009
Exclusive: How and Why the New York Times Muffed Their Mid-air Collision Coverage
The New York Times muffed their reportage of the August 8 mid-air collision between a tourist helicopter and single-engine airplane...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Aug 04, 2009
MSNBC.com’s News Headline links lead to Ads on iGoogle
When I click on MSNBC U.S. business news headlines, I don't expect an ad for New York Senator Gillibrand's campaign...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Jul 30, 2009
Beware of New Type of Fake News
Watch out for fake news outlets on the web. Take Tom Chilton's news story, "Millions of people without jobs, but...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Jul 28, 2009
AP is Watching YOU : New meta-tag “beacons” track copyright violators
Journalism.co.uk reports the Associated Press has just announced its Big Brother-like "news registry." It's a "new system" that embeds meta-tags...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Jul 26, 2009
Newseum’s Online Doctored Photo Exhibit
In 2001, the Newseum in Washington DC first posted an ongoing online exhibition titled, "The Commissar Vanishes: The falsification of...