by Sydney Smith on Apr 26, 2010
60 Minutes Erred by Innuendo, Columbia Journalism Review Says
On April 14, the Columbia Journalism Review issued an almost 3,000-word report on 60 Minutes' segment, “Amazon Crude,” which was...
Environment
by Molika Ashford on Mar 12, 2010
Can Media Bias Ever Be Good? The Ethics of Environment ‘Bias’
Fairness, balance, objectivity, truth, bias… These words get used a lot in discussions of journalistic ethics. But not every journalist...
by Molika Ashford on Dec 20, 2009
FactCheck.org on Hacked Climate Change E-mails: The Media “may have contributed to public confusion”
There’s been a lot of media commentary on the hacked emails from the Climate Research Unit at the University of...
by Molika Ashford on Dec 14, 2009
Are the Yes Men Behind Environment Canada Hoax?
Environmental hoax-ery is clearly at a high point this year. First, the Yes Men impersonated the United States Chamber of...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Sep 12, 2008
New York Times drops fake ‘coal cliff’ photo
The New York Times' Andrew Revkin writes, "We've pulled the photograph of a cliff of coal that was provided by...
by iMediaEthics Staff on Jun 09, 2008
ABC News.com – How to Lie with Pictures
Datamining writes: "ABC News has an article today...about pollution in American cities. The article is fronted with an image of...
by Adam Klasfeld on Feb 21, 2008
Where The Antelope DON’T Play: Fake Photo on Chinese Website
Updated 02/25/08 4:17pm A week before the world’s highest and most controversial railroad officially opened in July 2006, connecting China...