South African newspaper hires Fact Checker, Cuts back on Anonymous Sources after Zuma Retraction, Complaints to Press Ombuds
South Africa's City Press issued a major mea culpa to President Jacob Zuma after discovering it made serious errors in…
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Gossip and entertainment news site Radar Online crossed ethical lines this month when it posted a video tape of actor…
‘Bride & Seek’ Story about Missing Bride-to-Be Later Found Dead Offensive, Press Council Rules
News Corp-owned Brisbane newspaper The Courier-Mail offended readers with a story about a missing woman later found murdered, the Australian Press…
Sunday World Doesn’t have to pay €900,000, Libel Ruling Appealed Successfully
Ireland's Sunday World dodged a record-setting €900,000 libel bill seven years after the newspaper was ordered to pay a man named Martin…
Stephen Glass Sends $10K to Harper’s as Fabrication Apology
Notorious fabricator Stephen Glass says he wants to pay back the news outlets that paid him years ago for now-discredited…
Zendaya Calls out Magazine for Photoshop, It promises to publish real Images
Singer and actress Zendaya called out Modeliste magazine for heavily Photoshopping a picture of her. The magazine responded to deleting the…
Malta Independent Libeled Engineers, Negligent by Not Reporting Denials
The Malta Independent must pay €3,000 to three engineers after it questioned if they used government money to go to the Formula…
Latest on Wayne Simmons, Frequent Fox News Guest Indicted for Faking CIA Past
Some more news has surfaced about Wayne Simmons, the frequent Fox News guest the U.S. government indicted last week for…
Times article on Astronomer’s Sexual Harassment had wrong tone
The New York Times hit the wrong tone with an article on astronomer Geoffrey Marcy, who broke the University of…
iMediaEthics Named Finalist for 3 EPPY awards
iMediaEthics is very pleased to report it has been selected as a finalist for three EPPY awards, annual awards given…