by Sydney Smith on Jun 19, 2012
Nairobi Star Ran Wrong Photo with June Helicopter Coverage, Corrects
The Nairobi Star issued a correction for posting a fake photo with its coverage of a June 10 helicopter crash,...
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by Sydney Smith on Jun 18, 2012
Turkish Media Ethics Code Published in English, Advises on Photojournalism, Privacy, Discrimination, Online Media Ethics
Turkey's Media Ethics Platform developed a code of ethics specifically with guidance for online journalism, Turkish journalist Yonca Poyraz Dogan,...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 18, 2012
UK Music Mag NME Apologizes to Morrissey for Suggesting Racism, Morrissey’s Libel Lawsuit in Court Next Month
UK music news magazine NME (New Musical Express) apologized June 12 for an article about singer Morrissey that led to...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 17, 2012
Charlotte TV News Retracts, Corrects, Apologizes Claims High School Student Intentionally Flashed Camera
Charlotte, N.C.'s WSOC-TV 9 issued a correction, retraction and apology for mis-reporting that a high school student at the Lake...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 16, 2012
UK Reform Bill Also Guides on Libelous Anonymous Comments
The UK government announced a call to require online sites to provide the identity of anonymous commenters writing information accused...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 15, 2012
Phone Hacking Lawyer Gets Libel Settlement from UK Police
The UK police are paying lawyer Mark Lewis a £230,000 libel settlement after the police "implied he lied to" a...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 15, 2012
WPIX, NYDaily News Post Fake Video of Alleged Drake-Chris Brown Fight
The New York Daily News and New York TV news WPIX-11 published fake videos purporting to be of the alleged...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 14, 2012
BBC Defends Euro2012 Documentary Criticized for Bias, Sensationalism
Ukraine's UK ambassador Volodymyr Khandogiy called a BBC program on Ukraine "biased and unfair," the Guardian reported. The program, Panorama, aired...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 14, 2012
UK Supreme Court Dismisses Julian Assange Extradition Appeal
Julian Assange will be extradited to Sweden for questioning, CNN reported. As we wrote earlier this week, Assange appealed a...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 14, 2012
WaPo Updates on Oliver North Plagiarism Claims
We wrote earlier this month about accusations of plagiarism against a column written by Fox News' Oliver North. North had quoted...