by Sydney Smith on Mar 02, 2013
Why Transcripts Might Not Match NPR Programs, Ombudsman Explains
Ever wonder why a National Public Radio transcript might not match what you heard on a program? NPR ombudsman Edward...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 02, 2013
Wash Post’s New Readers Rep? ‘Customer Relations Person’? NPR Ombudsman Asks
As iMediaEthics wrote yesterday, the Washington Post announced the newspaper was replacing its ombudsman position with a readers representative. Notably,...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 01, 2013
Why Newspaper Published Fake Interview with Politician, Called it ‘A Little Piece of Satire’
As iMediaEthics wrote this past weekend, Falkland Islands' only newspaper, the weekly Penguin News, published a fake interview purporting to...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 01, 2013
NBC: We ‘Fairly and accurately reported’ on George Zimmerman’s 911 Trayvon Martin Call
NBC has responded to George Zimmerman's lawsuit arguing that it "fairly and accurately reported" on him in its stories on...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 01, 2013
Ombudsman-Lite? WashPost to Replace Ombudsman with Readers Rep
The Washington Post announced today that it won't replace Patrick Pexton, whose two-year term as ombudsman ended yesterday, with another...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 28, 2013
NC Newspaper: Asking for Gun Permit records was ‘Tremendous Error in Judgment’
Cherokee Scout editor Robert Horne resigned this week just days after apologizing for trying to obtain the gun records of...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 28, 2013
Bradley Manning Takes ‘Full Responsibiity,’ Pleads Guilty to 10 Criminal Counts
Bradley Manning has long been suspected as WikiLeaks' source for thousands of U.S. government documents including the so-called Afghan War...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 27, 2013
Wash Post Photographer Submitted ‘Manipulated’ Photo to Awards, Against WaPo Photo Ethics
A Washington Post photographer submitted a photo that had been Photoshopped to hide a person in the background of the...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 26, 2013
NYT David Brooks on his Sequestration Column: ‘I probably went a bit too far’
After being called out by the Washington Post's Ezra Klein, New York Times' conservative columnist David Brooks added a "postscript"...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 26, 2013
Fake Tweets Posted on AFP Twitter Account after Hack, Syrian Electronic Army Says It Did it
French news agency Agence France-Presse said its photo Twitter account @AFPphoto was hacked Feb. 26 by a Syrian group. In...