by Corinne Segal on Jun 15, 2011
Media spreads false ‘mass grave’ report, Will Reuters Correct?
Several news outlets falsely reported that police had found up to 30 bodies buried on a property in Liberty County,...
Internet Ethics
by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2011
PCC Explains Request to Include Reporters’ Tweets in Jurisdiction
As iMediaEthics wrote earlier this month, the UK media regulatory body the Press Complaints Commission may start regulating reporters' and news...
by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2011
Twitter Debate on Online Linking
Gigaom.com senior writer Mathew Ingram posted highlights from a Twitter debate about linking in news stories. The "discussion" included staff...
by Sydney Smith on May 21, 2011
NYT Criticized for not Crediting Social Media, not Linking outside of NYT
Reuters' Felix Salmon criticized two recent columns from the New York Times for ignoring social media's impact on the May 1 developing Osama...
by Sydney Smith on May 18, 2011
UK Papers Can’t Name Soccer Player
A UK court ruled the UK Sun cannot name a soccer player who allegedly had an affair with Imogen Thomas,...
by Sydney Smith on May 13, 2011
UK PCC May Regulate Reporters’ Tweets, Hold Tweets to Editorial Code
The UK media regulatory body the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) may start regulating UK reporters' tweets, the Guardian reported. The...
by Sydney Smith on May 12, 2011
U.S. Billionaire Louis Bacon to Sue Wikipedia, Denver Post, WordPress
A U.S. billionaire intends to sue for the identity of anonymous commenters, including people who have posted information about him...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 27, 2011
Who has better Link Ethics, Bloggers or Journalists? Reuters weighs in…
Are blogs more ethical than traditional media? In terms of attribution, Reuters' Anthony DeRosa, in his blogpost about "traditional media's...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 23, 2011
Wonkette Removes Blog Mocking 3-Year-Old Boy, Trig Palin
The blog Wonkette retracted and apologized for a "rude" and "very badly done" post by its writer Jack Stuef that...