by Sydney Smith on Jun 02, 2011
Ghana Ethics Case Study:
Ghana Web featured a case study on the ethics of reporting. Baby Ansabah (the "nom de plume" of journalist Ato...
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by Sydney Smith on Jun 01, 2011
Dan Gillmor Slams Center for Public Integrity’s Anonymously Sourced DSK Report
Dan Gillmor criticized the Center for Public Integrity for its report on the charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Gillmor is the...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 01, 2011
Are ESPN Interviews Scripted by Management?
Sports by Brooks reported that ESPN's executive editor John Walsh confirmed that the network seems to have scripted ESPN's interviews with...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 01, 2011
Lulz Boat Member Interview–Explains Hacking of PBS Website & Posting Fake Story
Forbes' Parmy Olson posted an interview with a member of Lulz Boat, the group of hackers that claimed responsibility in hacking PBS's...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 01, 2011
Even MORE Phone Hacking Allegations?
The Guardian reported that there's a possibility that a total of six Mail on Sunday and Daily Mail journalists may...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 01, 2011
Daily Mail Apologizes for “Wrongly Attributing” Baby Die Quote to Doctor
The Daily Mail has apologized to a doctor for reporting she said "babies who are born at 23 weeks should...
by Sydney Smith on May 31, 2011
PBS Site Hacked, Fake ‘Tupac Alive’ Story Posted
The website for the Public Broadcasting System was hacked this weekend in "protest" over their documentary on WikiLeaks, Reuters reported. The hackers,...
by Sydney Smith on May 31, 2011
Christian Science Monitor to Review WaPo Plagiarist’s Travel Stories
Robert Rigney, a freelance writer based in Germany, was busted by the Washington Post for plagiarizing from a documentary film on...
by Sydney Smith on May 31, 2011
NBC Paid Licensing Fee, Hoax Pregnancy Teen Paid $150 For Footage
An attorney for Gaby Rodriguez, the Washington teenager who hoaxed her own pregnancy for six months as part of a...
by Sydney Smith on May 30, 2011
BBC Spent $1.4 million in 4 Years ‘Defending Its Journalism’
The BBC has paid £700,000 (or $1.4 million) "defending its journalism" in the past four years, the Guardian reported. According to the...