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by Sydney Smith on Jan 17, 2011

Toronto Star Readers Asked to Weigh In on Controversial Editorial Decisions

The Toronto Star's public editor Kathy English posed a series of editorial decisions to the Star's readers last week. English asked...

by Sydney Smith on Jan 16, 2011

Another WikiLeaks Hacktivist Jacob Appelbaum Questioned, NYT Corrects Error About $15K WikiLeaks Gift to Manning’s Defense Fund

WikiLeaks volunteer Jacob Appelbaum was again "questioned and searched" this week, ABC News reported. Appelbaum also recently tweeted some criticism...

by Sydney Smith on Jan 16, 2011

Dallas Morning News Defends Hospital Medicare Test Fail Story

A Dallas Morning News editor responded to criticism by a local doctor, Dr. Ron Anderson, over one of the newspaper's stories. ...

by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2011

Daily Mail Apologizes to Lily Safra, Not Involved in Husband’s Death

The Daily Mail apologized to Lily Safra and clarified to readers that the newspaper didn't mean to "suggest" that Lily...

by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2011

Do Media Regret Twitter Errors? How To Correct Tweets

News outlets typically issue corrections whenever they publish incorrect information. However, as more and more news outlets venture onto Twitter...

by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2011

Committee to Protect Journalists on Vietnamese Decree

The Committee to Protect Journalists spoke out Jan. 13 against a new Vietnamese "executive decree" that goes into effect Feb....

by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2011

Righthaven Sues Web Forum Users

Copyright protection firm Righthaven has expanded its lawsuits to include individual Web commenters, the Las Vegas Sun reported. StinkyJournalism has...