by David W. Moore on Oct 12, 2011
Herman Cain – A Frontrunner? Don’t Be Fooled Once Again
We have a new phantom frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination: former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain. He’s not the...
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 11, 2011
Washington Post Shows Wrong Half of Photo, Suggests Scalia Died?
The Washington Post's public editor Patrick Pexton wrote about a photo mishap at the newspaper that suggested Supreme Court justice Antonin...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 11, 2011
Kansas City Star Reminds Readers of Anonymous Source Policy
The Kansas City Star's readers' representative Derek Donovan commented on news tips from anonymous sources in an Oct. 2 column....
by Sydney Smith on Oct 11, 2011
Ethics Books translated to Spanish
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas announced Oct. 7 that it translated "two digital books" on ethics into...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 08, 2011
Newsweek/Daily Beast Retracts Fake Pelosi Quotes
Newsweek/The Daily Beast has apologized for attributing a fake quote to Nancy Pelosi, Talking Points Memo reported. Newsweek's Howard Kurtz...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 06, 2011
LA Times Readers Rep: Errors in Michael Jackson Death Reporting
Responding to complaints about its Michael Jackson death coverage, Los Angeles Times readers representative Deirdre Edgar wrote Sept. 30 that...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 06, 2011
Ethical Journalism Can Boost Readership, IJNet Says
News outlets need to make money. We all know that. But, instead of just focusing on bringing in advertising dollars,...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 06, 2011
$16 a Muffin? Nope, Hilton Hotels Bill was for Full Breakfast
The Huffington Post's Sam Stein detailed the "myth" that the Department of Justice paid $16 a piece for muffins at...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 05, 2011
Newsweek Let Some Staff Take Freebies in the Past
BetaBeat reported that former Newsweek writer Jerry Guo accepted "free flights, hotel stays and merchandise" for story coverage. Guo has...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 04, 2011
SPJ Weighs in on Illegal Immigrant, Illegal Alien Terminology
The Society of Professional Journalists is advocating journalists stop using the labels "illegal immigrant" and "illegal alien," MediaBistro reported. The...