by Sydney Smith on Oct 19, 2010
Checkbook Journalism? ABC, NBC License Material in Chilean Miner Exclusives
NBC News and ABC News paid licensing fees for footage used in their "exclusive" reports on the recently rescued Chilean miners,...
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 18, 2010
Fox-31 Denver Reporters Drove Kids To Get Murdered Classmate Photos Without Permission
A Denver, Colorado TV station, Fox affiliate KDVR Channel 31, was criticized by journalists, a parent and the school after their...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 18, 2010
Toronto Star Slammed: Canada Govt Says No Stripper, Escort Job Ads Planned
A representative from Canada's federal government slammed the Toronto Star's Oct. 13 front-page story claiming that "the Conservative government wants...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 17, 2010
Legal vs Ethical Smackdown? Journalists Find Quote Changing ‘Grossly Unethical’
Brad A. Greenberg wrote for Get Religion criticizing Fortune magazine's article on the recent feature film The Social Network. (Get Religion...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 17, 2010
US State Dept Trains Liberian Journalists Before Elections, Sent Journalism Dean
iMediaEthics wrote in late September about Mitchell Land, University of North Texas, interim dean for the Mayborn School of Journalism, who went to...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 16, 2010
Journalism Ethicist: Mainstream Media Shouldn’t be Covering Brett Favre Sexting Allegations
Journalism ethicist Stephen Ward says mainstream media shouldn't be covering the Brett Favre sex allegations, Tony Rogers blogged. Ward is...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 16, 2010
Daily Star Duped: Reported Chilean Mine Turning into Theme Park
The Daily Star published a fake story about the mine which held 33 Chilean miners underground for more than 2...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 15, 2010
Food Journalist John Glas Asked for Free Wine, Food–A Media Ethics No-No
Journalists should never accept gifts or favors, ethics codes advise. Food journalists are no exception. But, Lee Svitak Dean wrote for Minnesota's...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 15, 2010
Danish Press Council Bans Reporting from Facebook Accounts with Friends Only setting
The Danish Press Council ruled Oct. 13 that journalists can't report information found on private Facebook accounts, global news agency...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 14, 2010
Two British Newspapers Apologize for Invasion of Privacy, Inaccurate Information
The Guardian's media writer Roy Greenslade reported Oct. 7 that the Mail on Sunday and the News of the World both...