by Sydney Smith on Dec 14, 2012
Sensitive reporting of Mass Killing at Connecticut School?
Amidst all of the news reports about the tragic mass shooting at a Newtown, Connecticut school today, a couple of...
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by London Shearer Allen on Dec 08, 2012
Zimmerman Sues NBC News over Doctored 911 Calls, Fires Staff but Does Not Say ‘Sorry’
Your mother always told you that saying sorry can repair a lot of damage. NBC apparently forgot this important lesson. Lawyers...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 07, 2012
Veteran Cape Cod Times Reporter Faked Sources, Editors ‘Heartbroken,’ Start Better Supervision
After finding out one its longtime reporters, Karen Jeffrey, had used fake sources in at least 34 of her stories,...
by Alan Bisbort on Dec 05, 2012
What’s worse? NY Post Subway Death Photos or 2 Historic Media Scandals?
Commentary The decision by The New York Post to run, as a cover image, the photograph of a man about...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 04, 2012
Vermont Newspaper Hires Sex Offender for Police, Court Beat? Transparency, Conflict of Interest Questions Raised
A Vermont weekly newspaper questioned a fellow local newspaper's transparency and accountability after finding out that it hired a convicted...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 03, 2012
2 Maine Broadcast Journalists Resign, Point to Journalism Ethics
Television journalists are paid to broadcast the news. Seldom do they actually make the news. But that's exactly what happened...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 30, 2012
Disappearing New York Times Correction?
A New York Times correction on its Nov. 20 article, "Obama, Showing Support for Israel, Gains New Leverage over Netanyahu,"...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 25, 2012
3 Chicago Journalists Petitioned for William Cellini, Convicted of Conspiracy, Is it OK?
"Three prominent journalists" sent Judge James Zagel letters backing William Cellini, the Chicago Tribune reported. There were in total 364...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 22, 2012
Gullah Sentinel editor: ‘it is never ethical to bend the truth even if it’s exposing the truth’
As iMediaEthics wrote last month, editors from three South Carolina and Georgia newspapers participated in a September journalism ethics forum...