by Sydney Smith on Jul 27, 2015
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, Daughter Wyatt Sue UK Mail
Actors Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are suing the UK Daily Mail for its coverage of them and their daughter,...
Entertainment/Lifestyle Media Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on Jul 27, 2015
NYTimes Readers Upset over Taye Diggs Hedwig article, public editor says
The New York Times story on Taye Diggs' new role on Broadway as Hedwig in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 14, 2015
Hulk Hogan’s Sex Tape Lawsuit against Gawker: Roundup
Hulk Hogan's sex tape lawsuit against Gawker has been postponed until October. Gawker published an edited version of Hogan's 2006...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 07, 2015
German Radio Station apologizes for Anti-Semitic Comments on Berlin Philharmonic Conductor-to-be
German radio station NDR apologized after publishing an anti-Semitic slur about the future conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, Kirill Petrenko,...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 30, 2015
Sued over an Instagram Post: The Game Has to pay Nanny $200K
We've had Twitter libel lawsuits and now there's an Instagram libel lawsuit on the books. U.S. rapper The Game (real...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 24, 2015
PBS Retracts Finding your Roots episode on Ben Affleck, adds new review levels
After hacked e-mails showed that Ben Affleck had slave-owning ancestors, a fact that was covered up in a PBS episode...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 21, 2015
Why was Kim Kardashian on NPR? Listeners Complain to Ombuds
Reality television star Kim Kardashian was a guest last week on NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, promoting her selfie...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 18, 2015
Libel Lawsuit against Hollywood Reporter Thrown Out
The Hollywood Reporter got a $50 million libel lawsuit against it thrown out last week, the Hollywood Reporter announced. "The...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 15, 2015
Is ‘Age-Appropriate’ A Bad Term? Hollywood Sexism Piece Upset Readers
A reader complained to The Guardian over its May 27 article “Why disaster movies are leading the way for age-appropriate...