by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2019
New Online Comments for Postmedia
The Montreal Gazette and its sister newspapers owned by Postmedia now have new Community Guidelines for online comments. Now, readers...
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by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2019
Geoffrey Rush gets ‘record’ payout in Australian libel lawsuit
The Daily Telegraph must pay actor Geoffrey Rush approximately $2 million U.S. over its 2017 reporting alleging sexual misconduct. Last...
by Sydney Smith on May 24, 2019
PBS gets new public editor, Ricardo Sandoval-Palos
PBS has a new public editor, Ricardo Sandoval-Palos. Sandoval-Palos told iMediaEthics that PBS and public media has almost always been...
by Sydney Smith on May 23, 2019
Julian Assange charged under Espionage Act
Julian Assange was charged today under the U.S. Espionage Act. The charges are conspiracy to receive national defense information, obtaining...
by Sydney Smith on May 23, 2019
Mark Halperin says sorry again
Mark Halperin has apologized again for his sexual misconduct. A year and a half ago, in late Oct. 2017, NBC...
by Sydney Smith on May 22, 2019
National Geographic unpublishes pictures after questions about photo manipulation
National Geographic has unpublished photos and is investigating the images after questions were raised about whether the images were manipulated....
by Sydney Smith on May 22, 2019
Stanford Daily retracts article on student climbing trees for produce, claims ‘source attribution’ issues
The Stanford Daily retracted an article because it didn't have proper "source attribution." The article was part of a series...
by Sydney Smith on May 21, 2019
BBC ‘reprimanded’ cricket host after nasty tweets
The BBC "reprimanded" cricket host Jonathan Agnew after he sent profane messages to journalist Jonathan Liew on Twitter, the Independent...
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Kentucky TV host’s ‘lack of judgement’ on Royal Baby Archie tweet controversy gets him pulled from air
Meta-controversy? Earlier this month, the BBC fired host Danny Baker for a racist tweet about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's...
by Sydney Smith on May 19, 2019
Al Jazeera Suspends 2 for Holocaust Video saying it was ‘different from how the Jews tell it’
Al Jazeera has suspended two journalists for publishing a video saying the Holocaust was "different from how the Jews tell...