by Sydney Smith on May 21, 2015
New Policy at NPR for Featuring Books by Staffers
National Public Radio will not let staff feature books written by NPR staff unless they get the OK from the...
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by Sydney Smith on Apr 20, 2015
NPR Latino USA episode on ‘Chuy’ Garcia candidate failed standards, NPR says
Listeners complained and NPR agreed about claims of bias in a Latino USA's episode broadcast on NPR. The then-Chicago mayoral...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 10, 2015
Don’t say Germanwings Pilot Committed Suicide, NPR advises
National Public Radio advised its staff against using the word "suicide" to describe Germanwings pilot Andrea Lubitz, who crashed a...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 31, 2015
NPR Expands Ethics Code after Conflict of Interest incident
National Public Radio expanded its ethics code to require anyone who works for NPR -- not just the news division...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 14, 2015
NPR Talk-show host Diane Rehm’s right-to-die advocacy went too far
Talk-show host Diane Rehm's advocacy for the right-to-die cause went too far. Rehm who hosts her namesake talk-show broadcast on...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 05, 2015
NPR Denies Pay-for-Play with Will Forte Interview
NPR says it didn't pay or exchange advertising promotions in order to secure an interview with actor Will Forte, the...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 15, 2015
NPR has a ‘bias of sorts,’ says its Exiting Ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos
Exiting National Public Radio ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos wraped up his three-and-one-half-year term with a lengthy column. Specifically, Schumacher-Matos focused on...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 02, 2015
NPR Geography Fail: Where in the World are Singapore & the United Arab Emirates?
Better get your globes out for a last-minute fact check, NPR, especially when giving your audience a lecture about geography....
by David W. Moore on Jan 22, 2015
Pew Research Wins! 7th Annual Top 10 Dubious Polling Awards, 2015
Editor's Note: iMediaEthics' polling director David Moore collects the ten most dubious polls from the prior year in his annual...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 12, 2015
NPR hires new Ombudsman, Elizabeth Jensen
National Public Radio has hired its fifth ombudsman. Elizabeth Jensen, who has previously worked for the Los Angeles Times, the...