by Sydney Smith on Jan 02, 2013
Is Sports Reporter’s Cancer Fundraising a Conflict of Interest?
Local TV sports anchor Randy Shaver and his news director Jane Helmke defended against any possible conflict of interest in...
Sports Media Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on Dec 31, 2012
UK Sunday Times to Lance Armstrong: Pay Us Back Our $1.5 million
Six years ago, Lance Armstrong won a libel lawsuit after the UK Sunday Times over its accusations he took performance-enhancing...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 06, 2012
ESPN Claims It Wasn’t Wrong to Deny Blog Credit for Scoop
ESPN apparently does not like giving credit where credit is due. Case in point: After ESPN originally credited sports blog...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 20, 2012
Anonymous Source Criticizes Anonymously Sourced Comments about New York Jets
An anonymous New York Jets player criticized news outlets, including the New York Daily News, that used anonymous sources to...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 17, 2012
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Fake Reporter Contacting Teen Athletes for Pictures
Someone was impersonating a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter, the Associated Press reported. The phony reporter is "calling high school female...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 02, 2012
LATimes Reporter on World Series Error: Corrections ‘acknowledge that we are human’
The Los Angeles Times corrected an Oct. 29 article on the San Fransisco Giants' World Series victory but took the...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 28, 2012
ESPN SportsNation, Others Retweet Doctored Photo of Justin Verlander
ESPN's SportsNation, Sports Illustrated's Peter King and others re-tweeted a fake photograph of Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander, Yahoo Sports...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 20, 2012
LA Times Corrects Neil Armstrong, Lance Armstrong Mix-Up in Headline
The Los Angeles Times corrected an Oct. 18 article that confused astronaut Neil Armstrong with cyclist Lance Armstrong. The article's...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 17, 2012
Scottish Daily Record Ends Commenting on Football Stories
The Scottish Daily Record announced Oct. 12 "we are suspending comments on football stories" because of "an unacceptable level of...