by Sydney Smith on Feb 15, 2011
Breitbart Sued by Shirley Sherrod for Libel, Video Edits
Shirley Sherrod, the former USDA official who was quickly fired last year after conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart published an edited...
Errors
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2011
Regret the Error’s Craig Silverman Offers Free Book in exchange for “Accuracy Checklist”
Craig Silverman, who runs the website Regret the Error and wrote the book by the same name, offered journalists a free...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 08, 2011
AGAIN? LA Times Ran Wrong Photo of Composer John Barry, 1991, 2011
The Los Angeles Times readers' representative, Deirdre Edgar, reported that the LA Times corrected a mislabeled photo this month. The...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 02, 2011
New York Times Updates: LED Smiles NOT a Trend
The New York Times, the Guardian, the Daily Mail, the Toronto Star, and many other news outlets all reported about a...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 30, 2011
Should Washington Post Correct Stories About Joe Wilson, Valerie Plame, Fair Game Movie?
iMediaEthics received a complaint from a reader about the Washington Post's coverage of the movie Fair Game about Valerie Plame and Joe...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 27, 2011
Blogger ‘Old Word Wolf’ Criticizes Fla Newspaper for Plagiarism, Errors
Blogger "Old Word Wolf" called Roger Button of the Venice Gondolier Sun a plagiarist, in a recent blogpost. The Venice...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 23, 2011
Ontario Press Council Addresses Toronto Star’s Investigative Journalism
The Ontario Press Council addressed investigative journalism for the first time, the Toronto Star reported. The Toronto Star had reported...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2011
Howard Kurtz Mixed Up Darrell Issa With Spokesman, Finally Corrects Error
News outlets publish corrections every day, but Howard Kurtz's recent correction to a Daily Beast story has gotten a lot...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 11, 2011
Nigerian Journalist Defends His Ethics, Reported Governor Patrick Yakowa Has Cancer
Nigerian journalist Ismail Omipidan wrote Jan. 3 defending his journalism ethics and his report that a Nigerian governor has cancer....