by Sydney Smith on Aug 30, 2012
Fareed Zakaria Apologizes on Air for Plagiarism
Fareed Zakaria apologized during his Aug. 26 CNN program for having "neglected to quote a New Yorker essay by Jill...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 27, 2012
Graphic Photos, Videos of Empire State Building Shooting Published
Many news outlets published graphic videos and photos from the Aug. 24 shooting at the Empire State Building -- including...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 26, 2012
Daily Star Uses Simon Cowell Photo with John Challis Story
The UK Daily Star published a photo of Simon Cowell with a story on an actor's bid to have a...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 26, 2012
Newsweek: ‘We..Rely on our writers to submit factually accurate material’
Newsweek "does not have a fact-checking department," Politico reported Aug. 20. Politico quoted Newsweek spokesperson Andrew Kirk as saying that...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 26, 2012
Washington and Lee University Conference on Poverty to ‘Build Competence’ in Reporting
Washington and Lee University is hosting a conference for reporting on"poverty and economic justice," the "Knight Poverty Journalism Conference," according...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 26, 2012
NBC News Corrects Headline Saying Neil Young not Neil Armstrong Died
Yesterday, astronaut Neil Armstrong died. NBC News wrongly reported that singer Neil Young died, according to Mediaite, which said NBC...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 24, 2012
Washington Post Corrects Tweet, Blogpost Claiming Obama Ohio Pic Photoshopped
The Washington Post corrected a blogpost and a tweet that claimed a photo of U.S. President Barack Obama was Photoshopped....
by Sydney Smith on Aug 24, 2012
UK Sun Runs Naked Prince Harry Photos, Despite Palace Request
The UK Sun was "the first British publication to defy a request" from the royal family to not publish naked...
by Ivo Scepanovic on Aug 22, 2012
Balkan Media Falls for Hoax Angelina Jolie Twitter Account
SPLIT, Croatia -- Balkan media outlets and an Olympic coach were hoaxed by a fake Twitter account purporting to be...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 19, 2012
Journalists Criticize new Myanmar Press Council to handle Journalism Ethics
The same month the Myanmar government censored two media outlets only to end the suspension when journalists protested, the country's...