by Sydney Smith on Mar 10, 2011
NPR CEO Out After Undercover Video Comments by Fundraising Chief
National Public Radio CEO Vivian Schiller resigned yesterday, the day after conservative activist James O'Keefe released a secretly recorded video of...
Undercover Reporting
by Sydney Smith on Mar 01, 2011
Were Scottish MPs Comments Off the Record? Journalist, Newspaper Debate
A Scottish Parliament member resigned after the newspaper the Sunday Herald published his controversial comments about recent rapes. In the aftermath...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 27, 2011
Buffalo Beast Editor Criticized by SPJ after Hoaxing Scott Walker with Prank Call
As has been widely reported, Buffalo Beast editor Ian Murphy posed as Koch Industries' executive vice president David Koch in...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2011
PCC Investigating Telegraph’s Undercover Reporting on Liberal Democrats
The UK press complaints commission began Jan. 13 its investigation into the Daily Telegraph's undercover reporting last month, the Guardian...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 24, 2010
Was the UK Telegraph’s Vince Cable Undercover Sting Ethical?
The Daily Telegraph published a series of exposes based on undercover reporting this week. Telegraph reporters posed as mothers seeking advice...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 13, 2010
Undercover : Toronto Star Public Editor Defends Nursing Home Expose
The Toronto Star's public editor Kathy English used her Oct. 9 public editor column to explain why one of the newspaper's...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 03, 2010
Journalists Question the Ethics of Sarah Ferguson Sting
When News of the World caught Sarah Ferguson on camera accepting money from "fake sheikh" Mazher Mahmoud for access to her ex-husband,...
by Sydney Smith on May 27, 2010
New York Times’ Reports on Richard Blumenthal Questioned by Media Outlets
Starting May 17, The New York Times has published several articles and a 58-second video to call Richard Blumenthal out...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 18, 2010
Secretly recorded video of Dallas Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones: Newsworthy or invasion of privacy?
A video of Dallas Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones slamming Bill Parcells and Tim Tebow while drinking in a bar made...