by Sydney Smith on Aug 12, 2014
UK Channel 4 apologizes for ‘hang me’ clip in Robin Williams story
And yet another news outlet is apologizing for its coverage of Robin Williams' death. In an on-air report tonight on...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 12, 2014
Shameless CBS, KPIX report on Robin Williams at Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings?
CBS News interviewed one of its own employees who claimed to have attended Alcoholics Anonymous with Robin Williams, Mediaite reported....
by Rhonda Roland Shearer , Sydney Smith on Aug 11, 2014
What’s behind Seattle Weekly’s failure to disclose its writer does PR for company she wrote about?
Earlier this summer, Seattle Weekly failed to disclose that a writer of one of its recent stories also does public...
by David W. Moore on Aug 10, 2014
Methodology Statement and Topline for iMediaEthics Climate Change Poll
Read the poll report and op-ed by David Moore. PSRAI obtained telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 1,002...
by David W. Moore on Aug 10, 2014
Poll: Public Divided on Feds Requiring Reduction of Greenhouse Gases
An announcement this week from an environmental group claims that “about 80 percent of people in both red and blue...
by David W. Moore on Aug 10, 2014
Is Climate Change Real? Opinion Depends On Which Political Party You Belong
It might seem strange that the issue of man-made global warming, or climate change, has become a partisan matter. What...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 10, 2014
Sacramento Bee Denies Editorials Have Been Influenced by Conflict of interest
The Sacramento Bee ended its relationship with editorial board member Pia Lopez because of her conflicts of interest. Lopez's conflicts...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 10, 2014
No ‘Ebola Outbreak in Atlanta,’ Yahoo News’ Twitter hacked
Yahoo News' Twitter account was hacked this afternoon and a fake tweet claiming there was an "Ebola outbreak in Atlanta"...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 09, 2014
‘Torture’? NY Times uses textbook, not legal definition
The New York Times will start using the word "torture" when reporting on "incidents in which we know for sure...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 09, 2014
Caught! Ashton Kutcher’s News Site A+ Plagiarized BuzzFeed, Huff Post
Ashton Kutcher co-founded website Aplus.com aka A+ stole content from BuzzFeed, Huffington Post, Cracked and numerous other outlets without attribution,...