Deseret News Finds Five More Columns with Attribution Issues, Suspends Unpaid Columnists for Month
Utah-based daily newspaper The Deseret News suspended the publication of a column by Linda and Richard Eyre for a month…
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The Wall Street Journal failed to disclose that Elizabeth O'Bagy, the author of its August 30 op-ed on Syria, works…
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Seven polls were published on Monday, Sept. 9 about the proposed air strikes against Syria. The polls were sponsored by…
People Mag Publishes Pic of Wrong Woman Reportedly Dating Google’s Sergey Brin
People magazine misidentified a random woman as Google employee Amanda Rosenberg, Gawker-owned Silicon Valley blog Valleywag reported. Since late August,…
PsyBlog Unpublishes Post Similar to NYTimes After iMediaEthics Inquiry
PsyBlog unpublished a blogpost after an iMediaEthics inquiry about proper attribution. PsyBlog's author, Jeremy Dean, told iMediaEthics he deleted his…
This Goofy Photo of Francois Hollande was Deleted by Reuters & AFP
Agence France-Presse and Reuters retracted a photo of French president Francois Hollande smiling goofily with big eyes but denied they…
Turkish Newspaper Yeni Safak Faked at least 3 Noam Chomsky Quotes
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Online Buzz: Retracted UK Daily Mail Story said US Set up Chemical Weapons Attack in Syria
iMediaEthics recently found several online forums discussing The Daily Mail's story about U.S. involvement in Syria and asking what happened…
Former Sabah Ombuds Yavuz Baydar ‘Will Certainly Take the Firing…to Court,’ Responds to Newspaper’s Criticism of his Work
Sabah, the Turkish newspaper that earlier this summer fired its ombudsman of almost a decade, Yavuz Baydar, has replaced him…