by Sydney Smith on Apr 07, 2011
NBC News Criticized for Not Reporting on General Electric’s 2010 Tax Filings
Last week, mainstream news outlets like ABC News and Fox News reported on the New York Times' article about General Electric Co....
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by Sydney Smith on Apr 06, 2011
Anniston Star Editor Defends Publishing Video of Minor in Jail
An Alabama newspaper editor explained the newspaper's decision to publish an anonymously-submitted video of a sheriff "physically confronting" a minor in...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 06, 2011
Paid News? Hospital TV Sponsorship Blurs Advertising & Editorial Content
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch highlighted blurred lines between advertising and news with a new TV sponsorship agreement in St. Louis between...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 05, 2011
Old Word Wolf Blogger Explains How She Spotted Plagiarism
iMediaEthics wrote last week about Joe Valley, who plagiarized from the American Diabetes Association's website in his story for the Charlotte...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 05, 2011
Apologies After Vernon Ethics Advisor Featured in Advertorial, not News Story
iMediaEthics wrote this weekend about former California attorney general John Van de Kamp, who is currently serving as the ethics advisor...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 05, 2011
Rebekah Brooks Paid Police?
A UK news executive was asked by the UK parliament to explain her 2003 comments that the Sun newspaper has paid...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 05, 2011
Journalist Richard Peppiatt Admits Posing as College Student
In a panel on ethics at Goldsmiths, Richard Peppiatt, the reporter who revealed fabricating stories in his resignation letter from the...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 05, 2011
Student Press Law Center: Why Students Shouldn’t Publish Fake Stories
The Washington Post interviewed Student Press Law Center's Frank LoMonte about prank issues in college newspapers. Last week, newspapers like...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer , Sydney Smith on Apr 04, 2011
Did A Timely New York Post Correction Save a Man’s Life?
A Mar 29, 2011 correction on page 18 of the New York Post may have saved a man's life. One...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 04, 2011
Media Backlash after ICorrect, A Celeb Destination for Buying Corrections, Launches?
As iMediaEthics wrote last month, Sir David Tang launched the UK site ICorrect.com that charges people $1,000 a year to post...