Tag: Ethics

Pentagon seizes phone of Reuters reporter

The Pentagon seized Reuters reporter Idrees Ali‘s phone and would not allow him to use his electronics while traveling with the Defense Department’s No. 2 official on Sunday, reports Lara Seligman of Politico. Seligman reports, “Ali was given his phone back upon landing after an eight-hour flight. The deputy, Kathleen Hicks, is traveling to Norway, […]

Financial media: The Wild West of misinformation

Toronto Star contributing columnist Frank Giustra writes about the problems he currently sees in financial and investment news. Giustra writes, “Although there are plenty of seasoned commentators opining on this stuff, there is an equal number of folks who will urge you to sell or mortgage everything you own to fill your boots with assets like bitcoin. […]

Reuters removes Tass content from service

Reuters will remove all the content of the Russian state news agency TASS from its business-to-business service Reuters Connect, reports Camille Gijs of Politico. Gisj reports, “The well-known news wire service said that ‘making TASS content available on Reuters Connect is not aligned with the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.’ “The move follows growing criticism of how the […]

Reuters staffers concerned about Tass relationship

News staffers at Reuters are concerned about the company’s relationship with Tass, the Russian-government owned news service, reports Max Tani of Politico. Tani writes, “Multiple journalists at Reuters told POLITICO that staff are frustrated and embarrassed by the company’s continued partnership with Tass, the wire service owned by the Russian government. The relationship dates back to 2020, […]

Bloomberg loses privacy case in United Kingdom

Bloomberg News has lost a privacy case at the UK’s highest court, which ruled on Wednesday that suspects in a criminal investigation have the right not to be named by media organizations until charges are brought, reports Jane Croft of The Financial Times. Croft reports, “The Bloomberg case centred around an unnamed businessman, known only as ZXC, […]

Why Inc. began allowing contributors to write for its website

Former Inc. magazine editor in chief James Ledbetter writes for The Observer about the contributor model that allowed Heather Morgan, charged earlier this week with stealing billions in bitcoin, to write for the magazine’s website. Ledbetter left Inc. in 2019. He writes, “We weren’t considering this step primarily for editorial reasons. Rather, we recognized in 2014 that […]

J&J tried to get federal judge to block a Reuters story

Johnson & Johnson tried to get a U.S. judge to block Reuters from publishing a story based on what it said were confidential company documents, report Maria Chutchian and Tom Hals of Reuters. Chutchian and Hals report, “‘The First Amendment is not a license to knowingly violate the law,’ said the company in a filing late Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy […]

Reuters botches article on ivermectin and omicron

A Japanese company did not find that ivermectin was “effective” against the omicron variant in a clinical trial, as Reuters originally reported on Monday, reports Erik Wemple of The Washington Post. Wemple writes, “Reuters says it hustled to set the record straight: ‘The original Reuters story misstated that ivermectin was ‘effective’ against Omicron in Phase III clinical […]

Washington Post reprimands biz editor for tweet

The Washington Post reprimanded its business editor for a tweet last week that questioned the reporting of another publication, reports Benjamin Mullin and Alexandra Bruell of The Wall Street Journal. Mullin and Bruell report, “Lori Montgomery, who is the Post’s business editor, tweeted last week that the column, which referenced allegations that Mr. Roethlisberger had […]