Is October National Hoax Month?
Apparently, October is National Hoax Month -- or so it would seem, given the proliferation of fraudulent stories that appeared…
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Old vs. New: The Poynter Kent State Ethics Workshop Looks at Emerging Media
Last month, at the fifth annual Poynter Kent State Media Ethics Workshop, Poynter Institute colleagues discussed the role of traditional…
Balloon Boy, The Yes Men, Now A Latvian Meteorite Joins The List of Recent Hoaxes
In recent weeks, the media has reported on a number of hoaxes. First, Balloon Boy; then, a fake Chamber of Commerce…
Disgraced Times Reporter Jayson Blair to Lecture at University Ethics Institute
Usually young journalists learn their ethical lessons from the paragons of good behavior--role models whose writing and conduct embody the…
After Guardian-Trafigura Controversy, British Parliament Debates Laws Gagging Journalists
Two weeks ago a previously silent battle between UK newspaper The Guardian and commodity shipping company Trafigura Beheer BV exploded…
British Documentary Starsuckers Takes Aim at News Media
Starting this weekend, audiences in the UK will come face to face with their own obsession: celebrity. In the new…
Stephen J. A. Ward Goes Meta with Social Media Guidelines
Last week, we wrote about National Public Radio's recent release of social media guidelines, close on the heels of the…
Yo! Columbia Journalism Grad Students Bring the Beat to Ethics, Rapping Ethics Guidelines
If you find the Society of Professional Journalists' Code of Ethics a dry read -- or simply prefer to have…
Did the White House Try to Block Fox News’ Access to “Pay Czar” Kenneth Feinberg?
We've been following the feud between the White House and Fox News. What supposedly began as an attempt by the…
Fact-Checking Media Matters’s claim: Fox & Friends’ Wrong On Two Polling Questions?
MediaMatters.org, a progressive website dedicated to correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media, brought up two instances of bad poll…