Is Fact Checking of Sunday Morning Shows Working?
iMediaEthics recently reported that as a result of New York University professor Jay Rosen's suggestion, ABC would have PolitiFact fact check…
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New Ethics for the Non-Profit Newsroom?
iMediaEthics is a non-profit news site. On April 26, three journalism centers published a roundtable report, “Ethics for the New Investigative Newsroom"…
British political campaigns staged photos: Actors portray police, doctor, nurse
British elections were May 6. Hopefully, the questionable photos that were spread throughout the campaign by at least one political party…
As hyperlocal news sites pop up, so do journalism concerns
Hyperlocal news sites have been popping up a lot lately, especially with Patch.com's expansion, as a possible alternative to newspapers' sagging…
Tiger Fauxtographer Jailed for Violating Parole, Said Searching for Tiger
Tiger fauxtographer Zhou Zhenglong, who created a national scandal two years ago with his faked photographs of rare tigers, was jailed for…
Huffington Post Ran Facebook Picture of Wrong Faisal Shahzad
The dangers of using social media for journalism research were highlighted May 4 when The Huffington Post apparently used a Facebook…
Broadcast journalism’s bad habit of wrong word choices
In this screenshot, check out Fox News's misspelling of "education." A simple spell check could have caught this one. (Credit:…
New York Times Public Editor Tired of Anonymous Sources
Editor & Publisher wrote – in an unsigned editorial May 19, 2003 – that the New York Times is addicted to…
New York Post Sensationalizes, Doesn’t Source Arizona Deputy Shooting, Immmigration Story
In light of new anti-immigration law in Arizona, news media outlets need to add extra care not to fan the…
Gawker blog’s purchase of iPhone leads to raid and ethics questions
iPhones can do so many things that it is not surprising that the device plays a role in media ethics…