by Molika Ashford on Oct 15, 2009
Media Misleads on NASA Moon Mission: Headlines Say We "Bombed" The Moon
On the morning of October 9, the NASA LCROSS mission impacted the Moon to test the debris for water. Many...
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by Molika Ashford on Oct 15, 2009
The Daily Show Skewers CNN After CNN Fact-Checks Saturday Night Live
Quick, say fact-check five times fast. In a funny sort of parody sandwich, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart found...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 13, 2009
Words Of Advice From An Ad Student : Ethics needed in media product placement
We don’t always think about advertising in media as a two way street. But it’s not only the responsibility of...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 12, 2009
Daily Corrections? Should media put corrections in their news feeds?
Corrections offer a news outlet the chance to right their wrongs transparently. But because of the way corrections are issued—in...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 09, 2009
Minnesota City Pages Criticizes Pioneer-Press Newspaper Over HIV Disclosure
City Pages, a Twin Cites alternative weekly, recently published a blog criticism of their fellow Minnesotan paper, the Pioneer Press—exploring...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 09, 2009
A view from the other side: What advertisers think about the new FTC blogging rules
On September 24th, Socialmediagroup.com--an agency helping businesses navigate the socially engaged Web--hosted a web seminar on the ethics of blog-brand...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 08, 2009
FOX News Broadcasts Bad Advice From H1N1 Flu “Expert”
In a recent broadcast, “Tracking H1N1,” Fox News taps the wisdom of Dr. Kent Holtorf to advise America as the...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 08, 2009
Why does Daily Mail give credence to psychic healer?
The Quackometer, a blog commenting on pseudoscience, reported this week on such a blatantly bad story in the London-based Daily Mail,...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 06, 2009
AP was right to publish photo of Marine Lance Corporal Bernard, says The Digital Journalist
What do you do when two rules of ethical journalism seem to be at odds with each other? That is...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 05, 2009
Mainstream Press Chides Itself: We Should Pay More Attention to Right-Wing Media
First the Washington Post’s ombudsman, and now the New York Times’ own public editor have weighed in: Their own papers,...