by iMediaEthics Staff on Oct 08, 2008
NY Times Retracts 12 Years Of Calling John McCain “Fighter Pilot”
In August, The New York Times published an unusual correction. Ryan Tate at Gawker reported the newspaper "had erroneously...
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by iMediaEthics Staff on Oct 07, 2008
The Independent’s “Great Depression” Front-Page is a Fake
Campaign Spot's John Trenchard reported the photograph that The Independent used to illustrate America's 2008 "great depression" on its April...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Oct 03, 2008
What Readers’ Advocate ?
EditorsWeblog's Lauren Drablier posted a recent report about the rapidly disappearing "ombudsmen," "readers' representatives" or "public editors." Newspapers seeking budget...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Oct 02, 2008
Old Time “Photoshop” — circa 1900
Swiss Army Librarian's Brian Herzog wrote, " Someone found a photo in the library's historical archive that had been later...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Oct 01, 2008
16 Excessively Photoshopped Magazine Covers
Amanda said, "It's no secret that magazines and other media outlets use Photoshop to make their cover models look "just so,"...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Sep 29, 2008
Photo Forger Caged for Faking Tiger Fauxtograph
OMG wrote, "Zhou Zhenglong, the farmer who shocked the country with his fake photo of the endangered South China tiger,...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Sep 26, 2008
“Paper Tiger” Fauxtographer to Stand Trial in China
With the "fake paper tiger in the woods" method; who needs photoshop? Zhou Zhenglong ChinaView reported, "Zhou Zhenglong, the farmer...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Sep 25, 2008
Ethical Lapse at Coloradoan :
James C. Mitchell wrote: "The story in the Coloradoan Life section Aug. 31 touted an upcoming series of motivational programs....
by iMediaEthics Staff on Sep 24, 2008
Duped! The Mark Pulliam Lesson:
Newsbusters' Warner Todd Huston wrote, "Associate editor Jay Boyar's profile of Pulliam described the artist as living a Zelig-like life,...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Sep 23, 2008
“Fake Kiwi family is a fake Aussie family too”
The New Zealand Herald's Edward Gay wrote: The Australian government identified the happy family in the stock photo as Aussies;...