by Sydney Smith on Mar 06, 2015
Do Robot Journalists Need Bylines? And Other Ethics Advice?
"When editors consider using automated newswriting, what issues of accuracy, quality and transparency arise?" Tom Kent, the standards editor for...
Associated Press
by Sydney Smith on Jan 09, 2015
NYTimes Publishes Offensive Cartoons…Why Not Charlie Hebdo’s?
After the New York Times said it wasn't publishing potentially offensive images from satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, several news outlets...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 07, 2015
AP Unpublishes ‘Piss Christ’ Photo after Charlie Hebdo due to Provocativeness
The Associated Press unpublished a 1989 photograph "Piss Christ" from its site after the Washington Examiner claimed it was unfair...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 26, 2014
Top 10 Errors & Corrections from 2014
Below, check out iMediaEthics' top ten corrections and errors in the media this past year. 10. George Clooney's Mother-in-Law NOT...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 24, 2014
AP Defends Publishing Bill Cosby ‘Scuttled’ Interview Comments
Last week, the Associated Press published a video clip from an interview with Bill Cosby in which Cosby asked the...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 12, 2014
FBI Impersonation of AP Reporter prompts Flurry of Complaints
The Associated Press has slammed the FBI for allowing one of its agents to impersonate an AP journalist with a...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 26, 2014
AP Sued: Fired news editor ‘ trusted’ reporters had ‘facts right’ in Terry McAuliffe story
Dena Potter is suing the Associated Press after she was fired last year, Richmond alternative newspaper Style Weekly reported. Potter, who...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 24, 2014
Don’t Panic in Reporting on Ebola, AP warns
The Associated Press doesn't want readers to freak out because of too many reports about possible Ebola infections. Under a...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2014
AP calls Terrorist Group ‘the Islamic State group’ not ISIS, ISIL or ‘Islamic State’
Why does the Associated Press now call the terrorist group, originally known as ISIS, the Islamic State Group? Does the...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 30, 2014
NY Daily News, AP contacted parody Twitter account to fact check, Still ran story
Both the New York Daily News and the Associated Press were hoaxed by a parody Twitter account @BicycleLobby last week...