Topic: Journalistic Ethics

1966 Memo: 'No Member of the Daily Mail Invents Quotes'

Dysonology

The Daily Mail gets criticized and even sued from time to time for incorrectly reporting facts and fabricating or misattributing quotes in its stories. It used to have a policy against that.

By Adam Clark Estes

Nov 16, 2011

Malcolm Gladwell Had No Idea Bank of America Was Bragging About Him

Around the same time he was voicing support for Occupy Wall Street, Malcolm Gladwell participated in a speaking tour to help Bank of America win new small business customers. 

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Aug 23, 2011

Spatwatch

Journalist Claims Julia Child's Nephew-Author Is a Plagiarist

Apparently footnotes in Alex Prud'homme's new book won't suffice

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By Adam Martin

Jul 7, 2011

How Google Accidentally Helped Expose the DSK Accuser

Searching with fairly common terms returned an image controversial in the United States

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jun 27, 2011

The Journalists Who Just Might Get Rich Off of WikiLeaks

Hollywood deals mean journalists stand to profit from upcoming film projects

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By Adam Martin

Jun 14, 2011

'Times' Identifies DSK Accuser's Hometown

It's a far cry from naming the accuser, but it's still a first in the United States

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jun 13, 2011

Networks Attempt to Justify Paying for Stories

Private jets and $200,000 checks make sense in "hyper-competition," say executives

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By Adam Martin

Jun 10, 2011

Why a Chicago Sun-Times TV Critic Faked a Review

Paige Wiser was fired for reviewing a Glee song she didn't see, but she had her reasons

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jun 1, 2011

The New York Times Skirts Privacy Laws to Get Inside Goldman Sachs

After a report relied on a laptop found in a dumpster, the paper denies "hacking"

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