by Sydney Smith on Aug 21, 2019
UK news outlet reported cause of death when there wasn’t one yet
A local UK newspaper, the Cumbria Mail, reported that on the death of a local man, suggesting he died by...
International Media Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on Aug 20, 2019
Australian news outlets that aired NZ mosque attacks won’t be punished
Australian news outlets technically may have broken press guidelines when they published live video of the New Zealand mosque attacks,...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 20, 2019
South Africa Media Ethics Inquiry to find out ‘what went wrong’ with journalism
South Africa will have an "Inquiry into Media Ethics." The inquiry was set up by the country's National Editors' Forum...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 14, 2019
Unfair to link NZ group to mosque shootings
New Zealand website Stuff published an article claiming that a "strange Thor-worshipping religion" was linked to the March mosque shootings...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 13, 2019
OK for BBC to publish Neo-Nazi-doctored image of Prince Harry being shot
It was OK for the BBC to publish a piece of neo-Nazi propaganda depicting Prince Harry being shot, OfCom, the...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 09, 2019
Comment about white people at Brexit protest not problematic, OfCom rules
It wasn't racist or offensive for UK TV news host Jon Snow to comment that he had "never seen so...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 06, 2019
BBC called Muslim gesture an ISIS salute
The BBC called a Muslim gesture of raising an index finger an ISIS "salute." The description was made in a...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 01, 2019
UK journalists can’t ID victims of sexual assault during newsgathering
In the UK, it's against the law to name sexual assault victims, unless the victims come forward themselves. Now, it's...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 31, 2019
Don’t say ‘wheelchair-bound,’ Canadian newspaper reminds
The Chilliwack Progress, a British Columbia newspaper, reminded staff not to use the term "wheelchair-bound" and to be careful with...