by Sydney Smith on Dec 09, 2012
Daily Mail Wrongly Says Man Dead, Calls it a ‘Simple Misunderstanding’
When a newspaper mistakenly reports the death of a person who is still alive, a prominent correction, at the very...
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by Sydney Smith on Dec 08, 2012
Kate Middleton, UK Queen Radio Prank gone wrong, then very wrong, Nurse’s suicide?
Fall out from a now high-profile prank phone call from an Australian shock jock radio program has led to two...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 07, 2012
Veteran Cape Cod Times Reporter Faked Sources, Editors ‘Heartbroken,’ Start Better Supervision
After finding out one its longtime reporters, Karen Jeffrey, had used fake sources in at least 34 of her stories,...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 06, 2012
ESPN Claims It Wasn’t Wrong to Deny Blog Credit for Scoop
ESPN apparently does not like giving credit where credit is due. Case in point: After ESPN originally credited sports blog...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer , Sydney Smith on Dec 05, 2012
CNN Misquotes Billionaire Saying Mitt Romney ‘Level-Headed Buy’
CNN's typo in a quote about Mitt Romney significantly changed the meaning of the comment, made by billionaire John Catsimatidis. ...
by London Shearer Allen , Sydney Smith on Dec 03, 2012
Tumblr Attacked, GNAA Says ‘One thing lacking from modern journalism….integrity’
USA Today, Reuters, Entertainment Weekly and thousands of other Tumblr blogs were attacked by a worm set up by the...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 02, 2012
NYT Editor to Monitor Jerusalem Bureau Chief’s Social Media
After Jerusalem bureau chief Jodi Rudoren's "rocky start" on social media, the New York Times "is assigning an editor on...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 02, 2012
Globe & Mail Adds Editor’s Note to Reflect Error in Headline
Globe and Mail public editor Sylvia Stead noted that the newspaper's website corrected "an online headline" for a Nov. 28...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 02, 2012
Leveson Report Cites Wrong Info from Wikipedia?
Lord Justice Brian Leveson's long-awaited report on the UK press standards and practices was released this past week, but the...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 02, 2012
PCC: Farnham Herald Didn’t Violate Privacy or Accuracy with Info, Photo from Facebook
The UK Press Complaints Commission ruled that it was OK for the Farnham Herald to use information and a photo...