Censorship of Illinois Student Paper The Statesman Raises Ethical Questions
For high school journalists, it doesn’t always take a Supreme Court Justice to silence the press. Adlai E. Stevenson High…
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Politico Lists the Year’s Worst Media Blunders
If iMediaEthics' most popular stories of the year, or Craig Silverman’s best of the worst list of media corrections weren’t enough…
Media Ethics Site, The Hoot, Watches Indian Media
We are on hiatus here at iMediaEthics, so today's post is brief. A media watchdog site in India, "The Hoot,…
David Goldman Custody Battle: NBC Defends Against Charge of “Checkbook Journalism”
After NBC offered David Goldman and his son Sean a free plane ride back to the United States from Brazil…
Frontline’s David Fanning Condemns “Sponsorship” in Public Broadcasting
iMediaEthics recently wrote about the ethical questions raised by new kinds of corporate sponsorship for public radio, and we highlighted NPR…
TMZ Hoaxed : Mistakes Playboy Photo For an Image of John F. Kennedy
Media hoaxes don’t appear to take a break for the holidays and, luckily, neither do hoax-breakers. Monday, celebrity news website…
Tiger Woods Beats Out 9/11 for Most Consecutive New York Post Cover Stories: 20 Times in Row
It looks like Tiger Woods has another trophy to add to the mantle above his fireplace. That is, the beleaguered…
Update: Jayson Blair Promises Proof of Donation, Explains Media Policy
We promised an update on disgraced journalist Jayson Blair’s alleged donation to the National Institute of Mental Health and contradictory…
iMediaEthics’s Most Popular Stories of 2009
As the cusp of 2010 approaches, publishers are rolling out their lists of the year's best, brightest, or even worst…
Reporting Contested Science: The same H1N1 vaccine data yields two conclusions
Sometimes disagreements over media coverage of science and medicine hinge on one side taking the “side of science” and the…