by Sydney Smith on Nov 20, 2010
Canadian News Agency Updates Editorial Standards Guide
The Canadian news agency CBC announced Nov. 17 that is has updated its "CBC Journalistic Standards and Practices (JSP) manual."...
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by Sydney Smith on Nov 20, 2010
The Sun Criticized for Waterboarding Video, Call for Censorship
A politiican criticized British newspaper The Sun for its video on waterboarding, the Guardian reported Nov. 12. The poltiican, Labour MP...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 20, 2010
Iran Charges 2 German Reporters As Spies
The New York Times reported Nov. 17 that the government of Iran has changed its charges against two German newspaper reporters....
by Sydney Smith on Nov 19, 2010
RTE: Hoax Story on Mary Harney by Phony Reporter Jennifer Maguire A ‘Prank’
Irish national TV and radio station RTÉ personality Jennifer Maguire posed as a reporter and spread a rumor that Irish...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 19, 2010
Fox News Corrects Chief Sitting Bull Headline After Complaints of Error
Fox News fixed an incorrect headline after the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) publicly criticized the news site for a...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 19, 2010
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough Suspended for Political Donations
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough was suspended for two days without pay after Politico revealed he made political contributions, a violation...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 18, 2010
Wisc. Newspaper Bans Comments on Crime, Courts, Sex, Race, Accident Stories
The Wisconsin newspaper Janesville Gazette announced in a Nov. 7 blog post that its website, GazetteXtra.com, will no longer permit comments on...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 18, 2010
Sweden Seeks Arrest of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange by Interpol
Swedish authorities are seeking an international arrest warrant for Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. As Assange's whereabouts are reportedly unknown, does this mean there will...
by George F. Bishop , David W. Moore on Nov 17, 2010
Have We Lost Faith In the U.S. Government? What the Fuzzy Polls Are Not Telling Us
Pollsters have been asking a rather fuzzy question about trusting the "government in Washington," according to a number of reports...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 17, 2010
Australian news site apologizes for errors: Star Trek’s ‘Patrick Stewart is Handsome’
An Australian news site published a lengthy apology to readers for its "poorly researched" article on Star Trek, which also...