by Sydney Smith on Sep 13, 2012
Zimbabwe Gets New Media Council
Zimbabwe is getting a "media commission to monitor media conduct and ethics," but a pre-existing media council slammed the plans...
Latest News
Latest News
by Sydney Smith on Sep 13, 2012
NYT Defends Photo of Dead Ambassador, Despite State Dept. Calls
New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan asked if it was "acceptable" for the Times' website to publish a photo...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 13, 2012
Double Check ‘Every Name & Number’ to Prevent Errors, Globe & Mail Public Editor Reminds
After several corrections related to math errors, the Globe and Mail's public editor Sylvia Stead called for reporters to double...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 13, 2012
NBC News: Sorry to Affiliates for Kris Jenner Interview instead of 9/11 Moment of Silence
NBC News' president Steve Capus apologized to NBC affiliates Sept. 12 for NBC's "editorial call resulting in the September 11...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 12, 2012
Egyptian TV Anchor Wears Hijab, Against Dress Code
Egyptian TV news anchor Fatma Nabil broke "decades of secular dress code" Sept. 2 by "wearing the hijab" on air,...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 12, 2012
Nigerian State Government Accuses Newspaper of Libel, ‘False’ Story
The government of Nigerian state Ogun's Information and Strategy commissioner Alhaji Yusuf Olaniyonu claims that an Aug. 9 Compass Newspaper's...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 12, 2012
‘France’s Richest man’ Suing Newspaper over ‘Rich Jerk’ Comment
Bernard Arnault claims that French newspaper Liberation's headline calling him a "rich jerk" is "public insult," "vulgar and violent," the...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 12, 2012
Arizona’s KPHO Reviewed Raquel Velasco’s Work for Plagiarism, says ASU ‘Alerted’ Station
As we've previously written, Arizona State University's student newspaper the State Press retracted articles by student writer Raquel Velasco because...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 12, 2012
Fake Angelina Jolie Twitter Account Suspended
iMediaEthics previously highlighted a phony Twitter account purporting to be Angelina Jolie. As we wrote this summer, Balkan media outlets...