by Sydney Smith on Jul 10, 2016
Why SoCal Paper Desert Sun Published Photos of Dead Undocumented Immigrants
The Desert Sun published photos of dozens of dead bodies, likely undocumented immigrants, on its website. But, the graphic photos...
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by Sydney Smith on Jul 09, 2016
Kansas City Star Apologizes for Rape Op-Ed that ‘Should Never Have Been Published’
The Kansas City Star deleted a column suggesting if women are raped while drunk, it's their own fault. Laura Herrick's controversial...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 09, 2016
John Gorman’s Dallas Shooting Tweets Get him Cut from Sports Illustrated’s The Cauldron
Sports Illustrated's sports site The Cauldron won't use freelancer John Gorman anymore after his tweets on the Dallas shooting. In them,...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 09, 2016
Dallas Police Shootings: To Get Breaking News Right, NPR Corrects When Facts Are Wrong
News outlets that get it wrong often simply update stories without a correction. Breaking news stories are particularly fertile ground for...
by David W. Moore on Jul 08, 2016
Clinton-Trump Matchup: Conflicting Polls from USA Today and Reuters
On July 5, two different media organizations announced contradictory trends in the presidential election contest between Hillary Clinton and Donald...
by Katie Kausch on Jul 08, 2016
Examiner.com Closing Next Week, 2 iMediaEthics Investigations Found Fact Check Fails
Online journalism platform Examiner.com is closing effective July 10th, San Francisco CBS-affiliate KPIX reported. The news was announced to Examiner.com...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 08, 2016
Irish Newspaper Pays Bank of Ireland Employee, Apologizes for Suggesting he was Inside Man in Bank Heist
The Sunday World is paying a Bank of Ireland employee after suggesting he was involved as the inside man in a...
by Katie Kausch on Jul 07, 2016
Examiner.com burned by reporter’s 3 wildfire fundraiser stories, YouCaring deletes $10K campaign
Multiple stories were unpublished from Examiner.com, following a three month long iMediaEthics investigation. This is the second time in 2016...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 07, 2016
Mitchell Goldhar’s Defamation Lawsuit against Haaretz ‘Not a Case of Libel Tourism,’ Canadian Court Rules
A recent lawsuit ruling in Canada over a story about a soccer team in Israel raises the issue of libel tourism,...