by Sydney Smith on May 06, 2010
New York Times Public Editor Tired of Anonymous Sources
Editor & Publisher wrote – in an unsigned editorial May 19, 2003 – that the New York Times is addicted to...
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by Sydney Smith on May 05, 2010
New York Post Sensationalizes, Doesn’t Source Arizona Deputy Shooting, Immmigration Story
In light of new anti-immigration law in Arizona, news media outlets need to add extra care not to fan the...
by Sydney Smith on May 04, 2010
Gawker blog’s purchase of iPhone leads to raid and ethics questions
iPhones can do so many things that it is not surprising that the device plays a role in media ethics...
by Sydney Smith on May 03, 2010
Gannett newspapers let New Jersey Devils employee Eric Marin cover his own pro hockey team
The Society for Professional Journalists’ Ethics Committee wrote that it is “dismayed” that some New Jersey Gannett newspapers have a...
by Sydney Smith on May 03, 2010
World Press Freedom Day’s New List of Freedom Predators
Today is World Press Freedom Day and with it comes the new Reporters Without Borders' annual list of 40 freedom predators,...
by Sydney Smith on May 02, 2010
Los Angeles Times Now Adding Ad Links in Stories
The Los Angeles Times started publishing e-commerce links in its stories this week. LA Observed wrote April 27 that the...
by Sydney Smith on May 01, 2010
NJ Court rules : Blogger Shellee Hale not a journalist, new media not news media
A New Jersey appeals court upheld a lower court's ruling that a blogger isn't afforded the source protections a traditional...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 30, 2010
Historian Orlando Figes Admits He Wrote Defamatory Reviews of Competition’s Work
In what The New York TImes called “the most exciting scandal to emerge from Britain’s historian community since --- well,...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 29, 2010
Fox News reports allegation of health care cover-up before fact checking anonymously written and sourced story
Journalists--especially in the mainstream media--aren’t supposed to run with anonymously written and sourced stories before verification, right? Whoops. Media Matters reported...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 28, 2010
New York Times caught reporting third hoax story in April?
For the third time this month, The New York Times’ City Room blog may have been caught reporting a hoax...