by iMediaEthics Staff on Jun 12, 2008
Al-Durra Hoax Case:
SnapShots reports: "It's hard to exaggerate the significance of Mohammed al-Durra, the 12-year-old Palestinian boy allegedly killed by Israeli bullets on...
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by iMediaEthics Staff on Jun 11, 2008
Newspaper photo story is not all it seems: Fake Grand Canyon Story
Chris Cheesman writes: "Some newspapers appear to have fallen for a story in which it was claimed a photographer narrowly...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jun 09, 2008
ABC News.com – How to Lie with Pictures
Datamining writes: "ABC News has an article today...about pollution in American cities. The article is fronted with an image of...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jun 04, 2008
When journalists twisted truth
Kodi Barth writes: "March 2003...The Los Angeles Times ran the top photo on its front page on March 31. It was...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jun 03, 2008
“Pictures that lie” on CNET News.com
CNET News writes: A retrospective gallery of photo tricks, manipulated images and fauxtography
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on May 03, 2008
Alabama’s Monster Pig Hoax, one year later
Editor's Note : Rhonda Roland Shearer is the director of Art Science Research Laboratory, which she founded with her late...
by Jeremy J. Miller on Apr 21, 2008
STEALTH REDESIGN: Newsweek website breaks free from NBC
Last November, under the cover of media darkness, Newsweek migrated its website from the MSNBC homepage to its own web...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Apr 02, 2008
When NBC Nightly News promotes History Channel programming, the public is no April Fool
Riddle: Why did NBC run an infomercial for a competitor's programming during its Nightly News with Brian Williams on April...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Mar 03, 2008
The Impossible Measure of “Dimness”
If the Washington Post uses low standardized test scores as evidence for innate female “dimness,” is the same argument for...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Feb 22, 2008
A McCain Affair?
Under a bland headline, “For McCain, Self-Confidence On Ethics Poses Its Own Risk,” the New York Times published an article...