by Sydney Smith on Dec 03, 2013
‘Dark Side of Media,’ Corruption, Paid News in India Media Ethics Conference
"Ethics and social responsibility should be the watchword of every journalist," longtime Indian journalist B G Verghese said last week...
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by Sydney Smith on Dec 01, 2013
Daily Mail Apologizes for Publishing Sian Busby’s Lung Removal, Cancer treatment
The UK Daily Mail apologized this week after revealing, back in 2008, details of Sian Busby's cancer. Busby was married...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 30, 2013
38 News Orgs Protest White House’s ‘Stringent Photo Policies’
Newspaper publisher McClatchy, USA Today and the News Tribune all said this week that they won't publish White House hand-out...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 29, 2013
Greek Editor Acquitted AGAIN of Invasion of Privacy Charges
Greek journalist Kostas Vaxevanis was acquitted for the second time in two years of invasion of privacy charges after he...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Nov 27, 2013
Holy Areola! Should the NY Times use pasties next time for its front page breast photo?
Sensationalism at the New York Times? Why else would the Times photography editors select a peek-a-boo shot of a woman...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 26, 2013
‘Never use asterisks,’ spell out curse words if you’re using them, Guardian says
The Guardian's corrections column co-editor Barbara Harper explained the newspaper's standards for using profanity after readers complained over the use...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 26, 2013
Alec Baldwin Is Out at MSNBC, It’s a ‘Mutual Parting’
MSNBC just released a statement from Matthew Hiltzik, Alec Baldwin's representative: "We are jointly confirming that Up Late will not...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 26, 2013
Lara Logan, Producer On Leave after 60 Minutes Benghazi Report Review
CBS News has taken disciplinary action in responding to airing a false story about the 2011 Benghazi attack. Lara Logan...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 23, 2013
Readers asked: Why Doesn’t the Guardian ‘say sorry more often?’
How do you get an apology from the UK Guardian? The readers' editor for the newspaper, Chris Elliott, recently explained...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Nov 21, 2013
PoynterOnline.org is now a Spam Blog
The PoynterOnline.org URL has been degraded into an “All Technology News” spam blog. Unbeknownst to the Poynter Institute, a prestigious...