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Peter Zuckerman, Reporter Sued by Billionaire for Comments on Rachel Maddow, Apologizes in Settlement

Peter Zuckerman, a former reporter for the Idaho Falls Post-Register, apologized to Idaho billionaire Frank VanderSloot as part of a…

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Local UK Paper Broke Guidelines reporting Death of Woman in Tunisian Terrorist Attack

The Independent Press Standards Organization, the UK print regulator, ruled it was wrong for the Lincolnshire Echo to report on…

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Several Errors in Mirror Story on Lee Rigby’s Former Fiance

It wasn't off limits for The Sunday Mirror to report on Lee Rigby's former fiancee's private life, but the newspaper did make errors…

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Republican National Committee is ‘Suspending’ NBC News Debate Partnership

The Republican National Committee took its complaints with CNBC over the this week's GOP presidential debate a step further, announcing today…

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250K Refugees moving to U.S.? Sean Hannity Doubles Down after PolitiFact Says He Erred

Was Fox News' Sean Hannity duped by a satire story claiming the U.S. was letting 250,000 refugees into the country? Hannity…

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NPR Finds 10 Articles with Plagiarism, WQXR Online Editor Brian Wise Quits

NPR found plagiarism or attribution issues in ten articles by a staffer at New York Public Radio member WXQR,  Brian…

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Round-up: CNBC Slammed for 2016 GOP Debate Moderation

CNBC didn't make many friends with its GOP debate moderating last night. CNBC's Carl Quintanilla, Becky Quick and John Harwood moderated…

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NYTimes Didn’t Disclose Airbnb Financial Conflict of Interest, Public Editor Says It Should Have Used Different Writer

The New York Times failed to disclose a clear conflict of interest in a recent news article by Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen…

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Maureen Dowd Stands by Biden Column, NYT Corrects Separate News Story on Beau Biden ‘Lay Dying’ Conversation Claim

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd stands by her Aug. 2 column claiming that Beau Biden, just before dying to cancer,…

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iMediaEthics’ David Moore wins EPPY award from Editor and Publisher

iMediaEthics is thrilled to report that our polling director, David Moore, was just been awarded an EPPY from Editor & Publisher…

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