by Sydney Smith on Aug 12, 2012
WashPost to Review Fareed Zakaria’s Articles
The Washington Post will "review" Fareed Zakaria's columns for the newspaper in light of his apology for plagiarism, the New...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 10, 2012
UK Daily Telegraph Apologizes for Calling Irish Boxer British
The UK Telegraph apologized after erring in the nationality of an Olympics athlete, the Irish Independent reported. The Telegraph had...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 10, 2012
Apologies after Welsh Newspaper Puts ‘LOL’ in Dead Man’s Photo Caption
The Western Mail apologized for writing "LOL" in a caption about a man's death, the UK Press Gazette reported. The...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 10, 2012
CNN Corrects after Labeling Metal Band Hatebreed as White Power
CNN added a correction to an August 8 opinion article on "white power music concerts" and their "music scene." The...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 09, 2012
Michigan TV News Apologizes, Reporter Fired For Not Disclosing ‘Connection to’ Story
Michigan Fox-affiliate Fox 17 apologized and fired a reporter for "failing to disclose his connections to" the subject of his...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 08, 2012
Do Journalists Often Fudge Quotes? Debate over Quoting Ethics
An interesting discussion on the ethics of quoting and paraphrasing interviews is going on among journalists and linguists in the...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 08, 2012
Burma’s Voice Weekly & Envoy’s Suspensions Are Lifted
Earlier this week, we highlighted two Myanmar weeklies that said the government "suspended...indefinitely" their publications. But, both Voice Weekly and...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 08, 2012
Duluth TV News Director Resigns over Facebook Post
Duluth Fox-affiliate Fox 21 KQDS's news director Jason Vincent apologized and resigned after one of his Facebook posts circulated, the...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 07, 2012
Tennessee Newspaper Subpoenaed for Anonymous Commenters’ Identities
The Shelby County Commission is subpoenaing The Commercial Appeal for "the identities of anonymous commenters on its website," the newspaper...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 07, 2012
$3 Million Libel Verdict ‘Struck Down,’ Judge says No ‘Actual Malice’ in Newspaper the Virginian-Pilot’s Story
As we wrote earlier, daily Virginia newspaper the Virginian-Pilot was found guilty of libel and ordered to pay $3 million...