by Sydney Smith on Mar 15, 2014
Malta journalist campaigns: End criminal libel, New ethics code
Earlier this month, iMediaEthics wrote about the Institute of Maltese Journalists' plan to create a new ethics code for the...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 15, 2014
LA Times fires Fmr Pulitzer Prize Finalist for ‘Inappropriate relationship’ w/ source
The Los Angeles Times fired one-time Pulitzer Prize finalist staff reporter Jason Felch for having an undisclosed "inappropriate relationship with...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 14, 2014
Did NZ America’s Cup members enrich themselves off govt? Radio Sport sued
New Zealand's Radio Sport aired a retraction after its host Martin Devlin claimed two members of New Zealand's sailing team...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2014
Drones, Online Corrections Discussed at Univ Colorado-Boulder Media Ethics event, Mar 14-15
The University of Colorado-Boulder is holding a media ethics symposium next week. The March 14-15 event will include talks by...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 12, 2014
Fake Chef Not Fact checked, Dupes 5 TV Morning Shows
Five TV morning shows were duped last year by a Queens, N.Y., comedian posing as a famous chef. The comedian, Nick...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 11, 2014
ABC Australian depicts Journalist as ‘dogf**ker’ in satire, 200 complaints
Australian journalist Chris Kenny is suing national public broadcaster Australian Broadcasting Corporation over a September 2013 satirical segment about him....
by Sydney Smith on Mar 11, 2014
BuzzFeed’s 29 Embarrassing culture errors, One wrong
BuzzFeed recently posted an article entitled "29 Embarrassing Things You Should Absolutely Avoid While Traveling Abroad." Unfortunately, BuzzFeed got one...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 11, 2014
S African TV News Fallout, Broadcast Pistorius trial witness photo
Last week, South African TV news station eNCA apologized after showing a photo of a witness in the Oscar Pistorius...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 10, 2014
Why did Press Gazette lift verbatim from PCC? Plagiarism or Bad Re-write?
The Press Gazette lifted verbatim content from a Press Complaints Commission ruling in January, iMediaEthics discovered. Press Gazette is a...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 09, 2014
NYT No longer predicts Fmr Ukraine prez will be executed after Kiev trial, Corrects
The New York Times "referred imprecisely to [the] possible fate" of Viktor F. Yanukovych in a Feb. 25 article about...