by Sydney Smith on Feb 13, 2011
Will Canada Regulator Change Law to Ban Airing of News that could Endanger Lives?
A Canadian regulator is currently debating whether to change the wording of a regulation on broadcasters. According to the Toronto...
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by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2011
NYT Published Cows Fell From Planes, Duped by Urban Legend
Earlier this week, the New York Times corrected a Jan. 16 article about "drilling for oil off the coast of...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2011
Israeli Media: Bill to Ban Pix of Victims Could Limit Press Freedom
Two Israeli lawmakers, Uri Maklev and Moshe Gafni have proposed a bill banning Israeli media from publishing pictures of "injured or...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2011
Regret the Error’s Craig Silverman Offers Free Book in exchange for “Accuracy Checklist”
Craig Silverman, who runs the website Regret the Error and wrote the book by the same name, offered journalists a free...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2011
Washington Post Adds Feature to Request Corrections
In a Feb. 8 blogpost, the Washington Post announced the new "correction submit form." The feedback form is on the...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2011
CIA calls AP ‘Reckless’ for ‘Partially’ Naming CIA Officers in Investigative Report
The CIA criticized the Associated Press for "partially identifying several current and former officers," YahooNews reported. The identification was made...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 11, 2011
US Weekly, TIME Hoaxed By Fake Palin Quotes about Deporting Christina Aguilera
Both US Weekly and TIME apparently were hoaxed by a satire article claiming Sarah Palin called out Christina Aguilera for...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 11, 2011
UK PCC Rules Publication of Civil Servant’s Public Tweets OK
The UK Press Complaints Commission backed two newspapers' decisions to publish public tweets from a public Twitter account, Journalism.co.uk reported....
by Sydney Smith on Feb 10, 2011
UK Lawmaker Drops Bill to Imprison Media for Naming Suspects
UK lawmaker Anna Soubry withdrew her proposed bill to ban the media from publishing the names of suspects after being told...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 10, 2011
NY Daily News Unpublished Stories by Freelancer Rob Sgobbo For Faking Sources in Village Voice
As iMediaEthics previously reported, in January the Village Voice retracted and apologized for one of its stories by Rob Sgobbo, a...