Wash Post’s New Readers Rep? ‘Customer Relations Person’? NPR Ombudsman Asks
As iMediaEthics wrote yesterday, the Washington Post announced the newspaper was replacing its ombudsman position with a readers representative. Notably,…
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Why Newspaper Published Fake Interview with Politician, Called it ‘A Little Piece of Satire’
As iMediaEthics wrote this past weekend, Falkland Islands' only newspaper, the weekly Penguin News, published a fake interview purporting to…
NBC: We ‘Fairly and accurately reported’ on George Zimmerman’s 911 Trayvon Martin Call
NBC has responded to George Zimmerman's lawsuit arguing that it "fairly and accurately reported" on him in its stories on…
Ombudsman-Lite? WashPost to Replace Ombudsman with Readers Rep
The Washington Post announced today that it won't replace Patrick Pexton, whose two-year term as ombudsman ended yesterday, with another…
NC Newspaper: Asking for Gun Permit records was ‘Tremendous Error in Judgment’
Cherokee Scout editor Robert Horne resigned this week just days after apologizing for trying to obtain the gun records of…
Bradley Manning Takes ‘Full Responsibiity,’ Pleads Guilty to 10 Criminal Counts
Bradley Manning has long been suspected as WikiLeaks' source for thousands of U.S. government documents including the so-called Afghan War…
Wash Post Photographer Submitted ‘Manipulated’ Photo to Awards, Against WaPo Photo Ethics
A Washington Post photographer submitted a photo that had been Photoshopped to hide a person in the background of the…
NYT David Brooks on his Sequestration Column: ‘I probably went bit too far’
After being called out by the Washington Post's Ezra Klein, New York Times' conservative columnist David Brooks added a "postscript"…
Fake Tweets Posted on AFP Twitter Account after Hack, Syrian Electronic Army Says It Did it
French news agency Agence France-Presse said its photo Twitter account @AFPphoto was hacked Feb. 26 by a Syrian group. In…
First Lady Michelle Obama’s Oscar Dress Doctored by Iranian News Agency
Iran's Fars News Agency Photoshopped an image of Michelle Obama to cover up her bare shoulders. The New York Times…