by Rhonda Roland Shearer on May 26, 2009
Is the Newseum Guidebook cover advertising or faked news image?
Chris Dunn, in her blog, Words and Light: An exploration of (photo) journalism, first refers to the Newseum Guidebook cover...
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by Danielle Mastropiero , Rhonda Roland Shearer on May 23, 2009
DOWD SCANDAL ROUNDUP: Is Dowd’s plagiarism part of a larger problem at NY Times?
Pulitzer-winning columnist Maureen Dowd spent this week under fire amid criticism for plagiarizing content from a political blog, but do...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on May 20, 2009
AU Sunday Telegraph pays politician for mistakenly publishing fake nude photos…that hurt her election bid
WAToday.com.au announced that the Australian Sunday Telegraph paid a "undisclosed settlement" and published a page two apology for libeling politician...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on May 18, 2009
’17 killed,’ ’29 more killings’: Jared Diamond ‘stands by’ New Yorker revenge story and gives the illusion of precision
This is #1 in a series of iMediaEthics blog posts that will respond to Jared Diamond’s and New Yorker’s exclusive statements...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on May 15, 2009
Science Magazine Reporter Scores Exclusive Interviews:
Science magazine reporter Michael Balter scored a coup. The press has tried--and failed --since the April 20, 2009 filing of a libel...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on May 08, 2009
Student Duped Media Using Wikipedia to Test Accuracy…
AFP reports "An Irish student's fake quote on the Wikipedia online encyclopedia has been used in newspaper obituaries around the...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on May 07, 2009
WorldNetDaily: ‘Rape Pictures’ purporting to depict U.S. troops assaulting Iraqi women, actually taken from porn sites
WorldNetDaily (WND) published an exclusive report: "Bogus GI rape photos used as Arab propaganda" (05/04/04). They reveal in their report...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on May 05, 2009
Media Ethics Cases in TV Land?
PopMatters.com reports that The IFC Media Project is starting its second season on May 3rd. The host is Gideon Yago....
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on May 04, 2009
In Chicago Tribune Newsroom: Is Marketing Dept Calling Shots ?
The Associated Press (AP) reports that 55 writers and editors from the Chicago Tribune sent, what amounts to, a protest...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Apr 30, 2009
In ForeignPolicy.com: Papua New Guineans Are Depicted Wearing War-Paint and Carrying Arrows While Filing Serious Lawsuit
UPDATE: 5/1/2009: ForeignPolicy.com, without comment, removed the offensive image shown above from its article . StinkyJournalism informed FP that long-time...