by Sydney Smith on Apr 24, 2015
PBS Apologizes for Not Reporting Ben Affleck Slave-Owning Ancestor or Request
Two PBS executive producers -- Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates and Dyllan McGee apologized for agreeing to ignore the fact...
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by Sydney Smith on Apr 23, 2015
HBO on Trial for Defamation over 2008 Child Labor report
HBO is being sued for libel over a 2008 report that claimed British sporting goods company Mitre Sports International used...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 23, 2015
California’s Daily Nexus Retracts Endorsement, Paper didn’t follow ‘appropriate’ endorsement process
The Daily Nexus, the student newspaper for the University of California, Santa Barbara, retracted an endorsement for a student election....
by Sydney Smith on Apr 20, 2015
Why did South African Newspaper Quit Press Council? Hires Public Editor instead?
The New Age, a newspaper in South Africa, announced last month it is getting a public editor, according to News...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 20, 2015
NPR Latino USA episode on ‘Chuy’ Garcia candidate failed standards, NPR says
Listeners complained and NPR agreed about claims of bias in a Latino USA's episode broadcast on NPR. The then-Chicago mayoral...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 19, 2015
Fatal Accident Victim wrongly IDed by Australian TV, Regulator Finds
Australia's WIN Television got in trouble with the country's broadcast regulator after its broadcast made it possible for a man...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 18, 2015
Al Jazeera Suspended 5 days in India for Showing Wrong Maps
India's government is suspending Al Jazeera for five days as a penalty for an error -- showing the wrong map...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 17, 2015
NBC News’ Richard Engel Changes Kidnapping Story, Why didn’t NBC News tell him Kidnappers weren’t Shia?
NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and five other people in his crew were kidnapped for five days in...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 17, 2015
Swedish Prosecution Responds to Julian Assange’s Interview Agreement
The Swedish prosecution responded today to Julian Assange's yesterday consent to be interviewed by Swedish authorities in London. Assange's lawyer...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 17, 2015
Will news outlets have to pay for Walter Scott shooting video? No cease & desist for Post & Courier, NYT
Will news outlets really have to pay $10,000 to show the viral video showing the shooting death of Walter Scott...