by Sydney Smith on Sep 20, 2016
New Guidelines for FBI Agents Posing as Journalists
The Federal Bureau of Investigation released new guidelines for when its agents can pose as journalists, now requiring top brass...
Transparency
by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2016
NYTimes Bureau Chief published private comments, Public Editor Calls for Note they are ‘Inappropriately Obtained’
The New York Times' Kabul bureau chief Rod Nordland shouldn't have published comments made by a fellow journalist in an...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 08, 2016
Why Did NYTimes Replace Clinton Trump Forum Article without Disclosure?
The New York Times' replaced an article about Matt Lauer's widely-criticized forum interviews of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with another article, by...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 05, 2016
No, People not stuck on England’s Dreamland Theme Park Ride
UK news site Kent Live unpublished after falling for a fake story. The Aug. 29 story that was published on its...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 01, 2016
NYTimes’ Donald Trump Immigration Story Gets Lots of Criticism & Edits
The New York Times has come under heavy criticism for a Aug. 31 article on Donald Trump and immigration, after...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 10, 2016
NYTimes Should Have Disclosed Michael Morell’s Ties to Clinton Aide’s PR Firm in Endorsement OpEd
When publishing former CIA chief Michael J. Morell's endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president, the New York Times should have...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 09, 2016
Dallas Police Shootings: To Get Breaking News Right, NPR Corrects When Facts Are Wrong
News outlets that get it wrong often simply update stories without a correction. Breaking news stories are particularly fertile ground for...
by Katie Kausch on Jul 07, 2016
Examiner.com burned by reporter’s 3 wildfire fundraiser stories, YouCaring deletes $10K campaign
Multiple stories were unpublished from Examiner.com, following a three month long iMediaEthics investigation. This is the second time in 2016...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 16, 2016
After Reporter Raveena Aulakh’s Death, Toronto Star Investigates, 2 Editors Out of Newsroom
The Toronto Star had a duty to report on its global environment reporter Raveena Aulakh's death by suicide, public editor...