by Sydney Smith on Oct 02, 2012
Fake Story about Ben Roesthlisberger Breaking Legs Circulates
A fake story claiming "Ben Roethlisberger has broken both of his legs in a traffic altercation," circulated this week, Deadspin...
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 02, 2012
Iran News Agency: Sorry for Lifting Fake Story from the Onion on Obama, Ahmadinejad
Iran's Fars News Agency lifted a fake story by The Onion and ran it as fact, CNN reported. Fars News...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 01, 2012
NYT Called out for ‘Write-Through’ of Online Article on Mitt Romney
The New York Times "replaced" an article on Mitt Romney with a "very different" report on Romney mid-September. The original...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 01, 2012
Yemen Journalists Syndicate Holding Workshops for Creating Ethics Code
The Yemen Journalists Syndicate is one step closer to creating its ethics code, Al-Shorfa, "a website sponsored by the U.S....
by Sydney Smith on Sep 30, 2012
SPJ Ethics Chair: Can Ethics Code Apply to Social Media?
Society of Professional Journalists ethics chair Kevin Smith blogged Sept. 19 about applying the group's ethics code to social media....
by Sydney Smith on Sep 30, 2012
Cameroon Workshop Focuses on Ethics
Cameroon's National Communication Council advised journalists at a Sept. 11 "press briefing" to maintain journalism ethics, the Cameroon Tribune reported....
by Sydney Smith on Sep 30, 2012
Buffalo’s WGRZ TV Apologizes for Using Pic of Seal in Michael Clarke Duncan Report
Buffalo, New York NBC-affiliate WGRZ-2 wrongly used a photo of the singer Seal with its early September report on actor...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 30, 2012
Uganda Newspaper Apologizes to, Retracts Claims about First Lady Janet Museveni in Libel Settlement
Facing a libel lawsuit, The Sunday Monitor apologized and retracted "defamatory statements connecting [Uganda's First Lady Janet Museveni ] to...
by David W. Moore on Sep 29, 2012
Rasmussen and the Allegedly Skewed Polls
Some Mitt Romney supporters have been arguing recently that most of the polls showing Obama surging in swing states, and...