Regret the Error’s Craig Silverman Offers Free Book in exchange for “Accuracy Checklist”
Craig Silverman, who runs the website Regret the Error and wrote the book by the same name, offered journalists a free…
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Washington Post Adds Feature to Request Corrections
In a Feb. 8 blogpost, the Washington Post announced the new "correction submit form." The feedback form is on the…
CIA calls AP ‘Reckless’ for ‘Partially’ Naming CIA Officers in Investigative Report
The CIA criticized the Associated Press for "partially identifying several current and former officers," YahooNews reported. The identification was made…
US Weekly, TIME Hoaxed By Fake Palin Quotes about Deporting Christina Aguilera
Both US Weekly and TIME apparently were hoaxed by a satire article claiming Sarah Palin called out Christina Aguilera for…
UK PCC Rules Publication of Civil Servant’s Public Tweets OK
The UK Press Complaints Commission backed two newspapers' decisions to publish public tweets from a public Twitter account, Journalism.co.uk reported.…
UK Lawmaker Drops Bill to Imprison Media for Naming Suspects
UK lawmaker Anna Soubry withdrew her proposed bill to ban the media from publishing the names of suspects after being told…
NY Daily News Unpublished Stories by Freelancer Rob Sgobbo For Faking Sources in Village Voice
As iMediaEthics previously reported, in January the Village Voice retracted and apologized for one of its stories by Rob Sgobbo, a…
Sri Lanka Profs Criticize Claim of Media Suppression
Media professors and practitioners criticized Sri Lankan media for "attempting to create an opinion that there is a media suppression…
IFJ: Please no more Censors, Fiji
The International Federation of Journalists and the Pacific Freedom Forum called for the "Fiji military regime" to stop censoring the media. According…
US State Department Hires Journalism Prof Jane Kirtley to Write Ethics Book for Foreign Diplomats?
University of Minnesota media ethics professor Jane Kirtley was "commissioned" by the U.S. State Department to write a handbook for…