Video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Smoking Crack (Allegedly) Rocks Media Ethics Issues
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was allegedly caught on camera smoking crack cocaine. And the person who shot the video showing…
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NYT Unpublishes Slideshow after finding Photojournalist lied about photo subjects
The New York Times unpublished "a post and a slide show about Haitian child servants" because a Times photojournalist lied…
Financial Times’ Twitter the Latest to be Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
Hackers posted phony messages on the Financial Times' Twitter accounts and Tech Blog, Editors Weblog reported. The Syrian Electronic Army…
After Snooping AP, Obama Admin Backs Media-Friendly Bill on Anonymous Sources, Subpoenas
Days after the secret subpoenas for phone records of the Associated Press came to light, the Obama administration announced it wants…
Twitter Announces 2-Step Verification after Hacks to AP, CBS News, BBC, The Guardian, AFP
Twitter now has a two-step verification process as a way to "better protect your Twitter account," the company announced in…
Al Jazeera Unpublishes ‘Last of the Semites’ Op-Ed, Admits It ‘should have handled this better’
Al Jazeera unpublished an op-ed column by Joseph Massad titled "Last of the Semites" after deciding the content was questionable…
Association of Food Journalists Revise Ethics Guidelines to ‘Advance Ethical Standards’
The Association of Food Journalists released a revised set of "Food Critics' Guidelines" to advise food critics on fact checking,…
NYT Public Editor Calls for One Standard in Using Photoshop, Disclosures
A discussion on Photoshopping images in the news was recently brought up after a New York Times editor told public…
Did US Justice Dept snooping put AP anonymous sources at risk?
How many anonymous sources were put at risk by the Justice Department's snooping into the Associated Press's phone records? The…
‘Transgender Issues’ after Apparent Suicide of Teacher Lucy Meadows, PCC to Advise Media
The UK Press Complaints Commission announced last week that it is working on new guidance related to "transgender issues." In…