by Katie Rolnick on Oct 31, 2009
Is October National Hoax Month?
Apparently, October is National Hoax Month -- or so it would seem, given the proliferation of fraudulent stories that appeared...
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by Katie Rolnick on Oct 31, 2009
Old vs. New: The Poynter Kent State Ethics Workshop Looks at Emerging Media
Last month, at the fifth annual Poynter Kent State Media Ethics Workshop, Poynter Institute colleagues discussed the role of traditional...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 30, 2009
Balloon Boy, The Yes Men, Now A Latvian Meteorite Joins The List of Recent Hoaxes
In recent weeks, the media has reported on a number of hoaxes. First, Balloon Boy; then, a fake Chamber of Commerce...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 30, 2009
Disgraced Times Reporter Jayson Blair to Lecture at University Ethics Institute
Usually young journalists learn their ethical lessons from the paragons of good behavior--role models whose writing and conduct embody the...
by Katie Rolnick on Oct 29, 2009
British Documentary Starsuckers Takes Aim at News Media
Starting this weekend, audiences in the UK will come face to face with their own obsession: celebrity. In the new...
by Katie Rolnick on Oct 28, 2009
Stephen J. A. Ward Goes Meta with Social Media Guidelines
Last week, we wrote about National Public Radio's recent release of social media guidelines, close on the heels of the...
by Katie Rolnick on Oct 28, 2009
Yo! Columbia Journalism Grad Students Bring the Beat to Ethics, Rapping Ethics Guidelines
If you find the Society of Professional Journalists' Code of Ethics a dry read -- or simply prefer to have...
by Katie Rolnick on Oct 27, 2009
Did the White House Try to Block Fox News’ Access to “Pay Czar” Kenneth Feinberg?
We've been following the feud between the White House and Fox News. What supposedly began as an attempt by the...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 27, 2009
Fact-Checking Media Matters’s claim: Fox & Friends’ Wrong On Two Polling Questions?
MediaMatters.org, a progressive website dedicated to correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media, brought up two instances of bad poll...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 26, 2009
Bioethicist Cites Bad Flu Reporting, Asks: Can We Really Expect Any Better From Journalism?
The spring and fall flu seasons this year have spurred a flood of sensationalist medical reporting focused on the H1N1...