by Sydney Smith on Aug 06, 2012
The Sun Corrects Animals, STDs & Boy Band One Direction Story after PCC Complaint
What brings a pop band, animals, and sexually-transmitted diseases together? A recent correction from the UK Sun, according to the...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 05, 2012
Reuters Blog Unpublishes Fake Stories about Syria Posted by Hackers
Fake stories were posted to Reuters' blogs August 3 after the "blogging platform" was hacked, the Wall Street Journal reported...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 04, 2012
Wash Post Fact Checker Glenn Kessler: ‘I Prefer to Stick with non-WaPo Content’
We heard back from Glenn Kessler, the columnist for the Washington Post's Fact Checker. Kessler was recently awash in controversy....
by Sydney Smith on Aug 03, 2012
Globe and Mail Public Editor on Complaints: Not enough Canadians in Olympic Coverage?
The Globe and Mail's public editor Sylvia Stead responded in a recent blog post to reader concerns that the Canadian...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 03, 2012
Basic journalism training includes ethics in Bhutan
Indian journalism trainers taught two dozen reporters from Bhutan in late July about "basic journalism" including "ethics and morality in...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 02, 2012
BBC Trust: Host was Offensive with ‘Religious Hogwash’ Comments
The BBC Trust decided that its host Jeremy Paxman was offensive, but not biased, in comments in a Sept. 2011...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 02, 2012
Chinese State Media Accuses ‘West’ of Bias, ‘Prejudice’ in Olympic Coverage
Chinese state-run Xinhua News Agency claimed "Western writers" reporting on Chinese Olympic athletes contains "prejudice against Chinese athletes," the Associated...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 02, 2012
Libel Suit against Armenian Newspaper Dismissed
Armenian newspaper Hraparak was accused of libeling a woman with a 2011 report claiming "she got into a shoving match...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 02, 2012
UK Express Apologizes, Pays Libel Settlement for ‘Extreme Muslim’ Claims
The UK Sunday Express apologized for its June 2011 story claiming a UK school "taught extreme Islam," the Guardian reported....
by Sydney Smith on Aug 01, 2012
‘Ethics of Embedded Journalism’ Lecture in October
The Museum of Jewish Heritage is hosting a lecture on the "Ethics of Embedded Journalism" October 14, according to an...