S. African Blogger Explains Apology to Sunday Times Public Editor
Last month, iMediaEthics wrote about a blogger's complaints over the South African Sunday Times' story on Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe's wife. …
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World Braces For Next WikiLeaks Document Dump
While Sweden's international search is on for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, U.S. diplomats are reportedly preparing allies for the so-called whistleblower site's…
ESPN Reporter Jeremy Schaap Defends Anonymous Sources for Cam Newton Story
ESPN reporter Jeremy Schaap "defends the use of anonymous sources" amid criticism for the network's and New York Times' Cam…
Ethics of News Reporting About Children in Georgia
Georgian daily newspaper The Messenger reported that journalist Zviad Koridze gave a talk last week about the media ethics of reporting on…
Wisconsin Fact Check Site Politifact Wisconsin Criticized
Wisconsin news and opinion blog Forward Lookout called out PolitiFact Wisconsin. Forward Lookout criticized the PolitiFact site for having weak…
California Newspaper Palo Alto Daily Post’s Source Apologizes
The Palo Alto Daily Post's source for an article on council members' e-mails apologized to council members according to MenloParkPatch.com .…
UK Daily Mirror Broke Source Confidentiality Agreement
The UK Daily Mirror violated an anonymous source agreement, the UK Press Complaints Commission ruled. The Mirror's Aug. 11 feature…
India Media Scandal: Two Top Journalists Crossed Ethical Lines?
Two Indian journalists -- one who is "known as India's Oprah" -- have been accused of violating journalism ethics in what…
NBC’s Jay Leno Forced to Credit Bloggers for Video After Complaints of No Attribution
The online world rallied around another case of a media outlet not giving credit to bloggers. In this case, NBC's…
MSNBC Sued for Publishing Penelope Cruz Pregnant Photo
Media Bistro's Web Newser reported that MSNBC was sued by a photo agency on Nov. 19 for publishing a copyrighted photograph…