by Sydney Smith on Feb 20, 2013
UK Telegraph Scrubs Details about Student’s Suicide After PCC complaint
The UK Telegraph removed information from its online version of a story about a suicide after a suicide prevention group filed...
Standards
by Sydney Smith on Jan 18, 2013
No criminal charges for NBC Gregory for 30-round gun magazine show n’ tell, Warned not to do it again,
After NBC's David Gregory showed a "30-round gun magazine" last month on Meet the Press, there was some debate and...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Dec 18, 2012
Columbia Journalism Review Reporter Bruce Porter Lying, Exploiting a Source? What’s happening at CJR?
Bruce Porter, a retired Columbia University journalism professor and the author of the book-turned-movie Blow, decided in 2011 that he...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 14, 2012
Sensitive reporting of Mass Killing at Connecticut School?
Amidst all of the news reports about the tragic mass shooting at a Newtown, Connecticut school today, a couple of...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 09, 2012
Tampa Bay Times Defends Reporting after Source Kills Herself
The Tampa Bay Times defended and explained its reporting after a story became national news because its source, Gretchen Molannen,...
by Alan Bisbort on Dec 05, 2012
What’s worse? NY Post Subway Death Photos or 2 Historic Media Scandals?
Commentary The decision by The New York Post to run, as a cover image, the photograph of a man about...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 30, 2012
RTE Releases Report into Presidential Debate Standards, Irish Broadcasting Authority Calls for Full Report’s Publication
After the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland's Compliance Committee called for Irish public broadcaster RTE to publish its "internal report" about...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 29, 2012
News International Statement on Leveson Report
A News International spokesperson sent iMediaEthics the following statement in response to today's Leveson Report: "Statement from Tom Mockridge, Chief...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 28, 2012
AP Removes ‘Homophobia’ and ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ from Stylebook
The Associated Press removed "homophobia" and "ethnic cleansing" from its stylebook, Politico reported. According to Politico, AP Deputy Standards Editor...