by Sydney Smith on Jun 14, 2012
$13.7 Mill Libel Payment for Anonymous Comments Rejected
We wrote earlier this year when a jury awarded a Texas couple $13.7 million in a libel lawsuit against online...
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by Sydney Smith on Jun 13, 2012
iMediaEthics Wins 1st Mirror Award for Photojournalism Ethics Report
iMediaEthics' Dec. 27, 2011 story "Troubling Double Standard, American photojournalism's different treatment of foreign victims" was awarded the Mirror Award...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 13, 2012
Readers Editor: Guardian ‘should not have distributed’ Pro-Sri Lanka Supplement
The Guardian didn't intentionally place a promotional supplement on Sri Lanka next to an article critical of Sri Lanka, but...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 12, 2012
California’s Beachcomber Advertorials are Disclosed
The (Long Beach) Beachcomber is selling advertorials, LA Observed reported. According to the "pitch" from their "advertising rep," republished by...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 12, 2012
Code of Ethics in Yemen?
Yemeni journalists are working on an ethics code, the Yemen Post reported. Accordng to the Yemen Post, the ethics code...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 12, 2012
No fact checking or editing for Forbes’ bloggers?
According to a recent Mashable report, Forbes.com "authors, whether on staff or freelance, write their own headlines" and "press the...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 12, 2012
Norway TV Editor on Ethics in Reporting on 2011 Oslo Attacks
Norway's TV2 conducted an internal review to analyze its reporting on the breaking news during the July 2011 Norway shootings...
by David W. Moore on Jun 12, 2012
The Already Determined 2012 Presidential Election: Polls vs. ‘The Keys’
While public opinion polls suggest a very close race for the presidency in 2012, Professor of History Allan Lichtman of...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 12, 2012
Julian Assange Appeals Supreme Court Ruling
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange is appealing the UK Supreme Court ruling calling for his extradition to Sweden, the Associated Press reported....
by Sydney Smith on Jun 11, 2012
Poughkeepsie Journal Apologizes for Re-Write, Lifting of Daily Freeman Story
The Poughkeepsie Journal apologized to the Daily Freeman and readers for a "thin rewrite" of the Freeman's story and some...