AFP Bans criticism of ‘other media’ in Social Media Guideline Update
Agence France Presse released new social media guidelines in mid-July. The guidelines call for the wire service's journalists to maintain…
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No More Anonymous Comments in North Andover Eagle-Tribune
The Eagle-Tribune, a daily newspaper in North Andover, Massachusetts, has decided to stop letting users comment anonymously, effective August 1.…
How Will Kate Middleton Lose Baby Weight? OK! apologizes (sort of) for wondering
Readers and UK politician Jo Swinson complained after UK celebrity and entertainment magazine OK! published a front-page story all about…
Forbes Writer who Wrongly Called Irish President Homosexual Resigns
David Monagan quit Forbes after wrongly reporting that Ireland's president Michael D. Higgins is an "acknowledged homosexual." As iMediaEthics previously…
MTV Lebanon Airs Video of Suicide, Says No ‘bleeding corpse’ makes it OK
MTV Lebanon aired a video clip of a woman committing suicide, Magda Abu-Fadil, the director of Media Unlimited in Lebanon,…
Rolling Stone May Lose Millions If Advertisers Walk Over Boston Bomber Cover Boycott
The “boycott backfired!" Boycott failed! "Tsarnaev Doubles Sales of Rolling Stone." Sales doubled!?! Sounds exciting, right? Except the paltry earnings…
Sex Crime Victim: ‘Felt less-than-Human’ After Student Newspaper’s ‘Rap Pun’
Staff of Boston University's "independent student newspaper" the Daily Free Press will have to take "mandatory sensitivity training" after complaints…
Does Forbes Have Habit of Stealing Photos? Balls, Queens and Horses Oh My!
UPDATE 3:51 PM: It seems that this is not the first time Forbes.com has been accused of image theft. In…
Pew’s ‘America is Polarized’ Theme – Wrong Again!
It’s not clear why Pew seems so intent on characterizing the American public as “polarized.” That is the message in…
OK to Criticize Obama, Not OK to Change Headline, Chattanooga Free Press Says about Editor firing
The Chattanooga Times Free Press, a daily newspaper with a circulation of about 75,000, fired opinion editor Drew Johnson for changing…