Scottish Sun Invaded Privacy By Photographing Funeral, PCC Says
The Scottish Sun was called out by the Press Complaints Commission for being insensitive and invasion of privacy when publishing pictures…
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Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Guardian’s Twitter Accounts for ‘Lies and Slander’
The Guardian reported that some of its Twitter accounts was hacked this past week. Hacked accounts included the Guardian's Books,…
John Krasinski, Arrested Development: Yahoo News Uses Wrong Photo
Oops! Yahoo News wrongly used a picture of director John Singleton with a news story about The Office actor John…
National Weather Service: ‘Look out for fake weather pics!’
A fake photo purportedly showing a huge supercell thunderstorm cloud over Lawton, Oklahoma has been circulating on social media, the…
4 Ways Slate Misinterpreted the Failed Gun Control Vote Poll from WashPost/Pew
The Washington Post and Pew announced last week that only 15% of Americans were “angry” at the U.S. Senate’s failure…
Toronto Star Defends Outing Mayor Rob Ford’s ‘Alcohol Abuse’ with Anonymous Sources
Why did the Toronto Star use anonymous sources to claim that the city's mayor, Rob Ford, was possibly so drunk…
11 Examples of Politico’s Addiction to Anonymous Sources, Journalism’s Crack Cocaine
Politico, the Washington, D.C.-based political journalism organization, is notorious for using anonymous sources in its reporting and they have taken heat for…
Associated Press’ Twitter Hack: Would ‘two-factor authentication’ help?
The Associated Press' Twitter accounts @ap and @AP_mobile were hacked this past week. The hackers posted to the @ap account…
9/11 Plane debris: NYPD doesn’t believe it is hoax
The New York Police Department told iMediaEthics that it does not believe the recently found piece of a 9/11 airplane is…
Editor of News Corp’s The Sun OK’ed Bribes, UK Prosecutors Say
The executive editor of UK News Corp-owned newspaper The Sun, Fergus Shanahan, was charged in the UK police's investigation into…