Iran News Agency: Sorry for Lifting Fake Story from the Onion on Obama, Ahmadinejad
Iran's Fars News Agency lifted a fake story by The Onion and ran it as fact, CNN reported. Fars News…
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NYT Called out for ‘Write-Through’ of Online Article on Mitt Romney
The New York Times "replaced" an article on Mitt Romney with a less critical report on Romney earlier this month.…
Yemen Journalists Syndicate Holding Workshops for Creating Ethics Code
The Yemen Journalists Syndicate is one step closer to creating its ethics code, Al-Shorfa, "a website sponsored by the U.S.…
SPJ Ethics Chair: Can Ethics Code Apply to Social Media?
Society of Professional Journalists ethics chair Kevin Smith blogged Sept. 19 about applying the group's ethics code to social media.…
Cameroon Workshop Focuses on Ethics
Cameroon's National Communication Council advised journalists at a Sept. 11 "press briefing" to maintain journalism ethics, the Cameroon Tribune reported.…
Buffalo’s WGRZ TV Apologizes for Using Pic of Seal in Michael Clarke Duncan Report
Buffalo, New York NBC-affiliate WGRZ-2 wrongly used a photo of the singer Seal with its early September report on actor…
Uganda Newspaper Apologizes to, Retracts Claims about First Lady Janet Museveni in Libel Settlement
Facing a libel lawsuit, The Sunday Monitor apologized and retracted "defamatory statements connecting [Uganda's First Lady Janet Museveni] to land…
Rasmussen and the Allegedly Skewed Polls
Some Mitt Romney supporters have been arguing recently that most of the polls showing Obama surging in swing states, and…
Prince Harry’s Reps Won’t Complain to Press Complaints Commission over Publication of Naked Pics
The UK Press Complaints Commission won't be investigating the UK Sun's publishing naked pictures of Prince Harry, the BBC reported.…
Fox News Apologizes for Airing Suicide, ‘We Really Messed Up’
Shepard Smith apologized after Fox News aired live footage of a man killing himself, the New York Times reported. Smith…