by Sydney Smith on Apr 17, 2010
FOX News Cancels Sean Hannity’s Tea Party Event Coverage
Kudos to Fox News for pulling Sean Hannity's program from its coverage of the Cincinnati Tea Party, even if it was at the last minute....
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by Sydney Smith on Apr 07, 2010
“Terrifying Sea Critter” on Reddit Not So Terrifying After All
Was a mysterious sea creature found in the deep ocean? Recent sensationalized media and blog coverage of a sea isopod...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 05, 2010
Fox News promoted Sarah Palin’s new show with old LL Cool J interview
Fox News Channel’s promotional clips for Sarah Palin’s new show, Real American Stories, have left the channel with a lot...
by Robert Buckman on Mar 15, 2010
For want of a tilde, the spelling is wrong!
What a character! Literally. I refer to the tilde, aka, “the little squiggly thing over the “n” in Spanish. In...
by Molika Ashford on Feb 28, 2010
More Bizarre Medical Images, This time at FOX News
As iMediaEthics wrote previously, photo galleries of bizarre medical images of conditions or injuries do not make ethical medical journalism. But...
by George F. Bishop , David W. Moore on Feb 01, 2010
2010 Top Ten ‘Dubious Polling’ Awards: Year’s Problematic Polls
Every year, poll watchers are confronted with poll results and commentary that defy either logic or science, often raising question...
by Molika Ashford on Dec 28, 2009
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...
by Katie Rolnick on Oct 27, 2009
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...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 27, 2009
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...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 26, 2009
Bioethicist Cites Bad Flu Reporting, Asks: Can We Really Expect Any Better From Journalism?
The spring and fall flu seasons this year have spurred a flood of sensationalist medical reporting focused on the H1N1...