WaPo Updates on Oliver North Plagiarism Claims
We wrote earlier this month about accusations of plagiarism against a column written by Fox News' Oliver North. North had quoted…
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iMediaEthics Wins 1st Mirror Award for Photojournalism Ethics Report
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Readers Editor: Guardian ‘should not have distributed’ Pro-Sri Lanka Supplement
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Code of Ethics in Yemen?
Yemeni journalists are working on an ethics code, the Yemen Post reported. Accordng to the Yemen Post, the ethics code…
No fact checking or editing for Forbes’ bloggers?
According to a recent Mashable report, Forbes.com "authors, whether on staff or freelance, write their own headlines" and "press the…
Norway TV Editor on Ethics in Reporting on 2011 Oslo Attacks
Norway's TV2 conducted an internal review to analyze its reporting on the breaking news during the July 2011 Norway shootings…
The Already Determined 2012 Presidential Election: Polls vs. ‘The Keys’
While public opinion polls suggest a very close race for the presidency in 2012, Professor of History Allan Lichtman of…